this decision will end the patchwork system we currently have, it will end the uncertainty hundreds of thousands same-sex couples face from not knowing if their marriage legitimate in the eyes of one state will remain if they decide to move or even visit another. this ruling will strengthen all of our communities by offering to all loving same-sex couples the dignity of marriage across this great land. in my second inaugural address i said that if we are truly created equal, that surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. it is gratifying to sew that principle enshrined into law by this decision.