Why didn't Obama cancel his summit with Putin over their new anti-gay laws and policies?

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100. but marriage is

Loving v. Virginia overturned a law prohibiting certain marriages.

The equivalent then is a state making a law prohibiting gay marriage - some state will be dumb enough to do it.

In this case, it is more likely to get to the SCOTUS as a case about red states not giving full faith and credit to gay marriages in states allowing it.

It is not a civil rights issue until someone attacks some state law about it.

The federal government is now recognizing gay marriages for immigration purposes:

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/26/19153847-doma-decision-a-win-for-lgbt-immigration-rights-advocates?lite

Next will be seeing if tax returns can be filed as married. I would imagine that won't be difficult to get through if they'll do it for immigrants.