Who was it that said all that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing?

The government is simply arguing that it has the "right" to force institutions which accept its cash to also allow it to pursue a voluntary sales pitch to adults who are within the universities and colleges which accept those funds.

While I don't believe the government's "right to recruit" trumps the constitutional rights of the universities to free association, I also don't see this as an earth-shattering crisis writ large. I think the ban on gays serving in the military, coupled with the sheer size of the military, and the things it does around the world which spark anger and retaliation against American nationals, are all far more important issues.

Libertarians who point out that government money shouldn't fund private institutions are quite correct, and this SCOTUS decision simply underscores the dangers of the private sector becoming addicted to government cash.

Religious groups thinking of accepting "faith based funding" should take particular note of this ruling, before deciding to take cash. And gay people should consider endowing universities with private, non-federal funds or endowing new universities and other institutions of learning to reduce the dependency of the university system on politicians.