In the hours immediately following the decision, it became clear that the network did not yet have its talking points about gay marriage in order. You could watch, in real time, as it tried to land on some. The network kept jumping back to its previously scheduled programming, as if it could convince itself and its audience what had happened was not such a big deal: A little gay marriage, a reminder that some of Hillary Clinton’s emails are still missing, discussion of the terrorist attacks in France, a little gay marriage, and a return to the ongoing Charleston funerals. The host of the talk show Outnumbered began a brief segment on the decision by saying, “Let’s move on so we don’t get mired in social issues. How will GOP candidates react?” as if getting mired in social issues was not Fox’s raison d’être.