The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt queer people a devastating blow. Not only did the majority verdict refuse to recognise marriage as a fundamental right, it squarely laid the prerogative of any inclusion of queer people within new or existing matrimonial statutes, or any moves to secure the rights of people in queer relationships in any other form of union, upon Parliament. Yet, even within this fairly conservative majority verdict, there seems to be no mandatory injunction to our legislative bodies to act, let alone act within a given timeframe to ensure the protection of the law accrues to queer relationships.