While millions celebrated the Supreme Court’s historic ruling on June 26 making gay marriage the law of the land in all fifty states, it wasn’t just right-wingers who were raining on the big rainbow parade. A number of activists on the queer left, plenty of whom I respect and agree with on other issues, were less than enthusiastic.

Prominent South Asian trans spoken word duo Darkmatter, who recently did a tour called “Gay Rights Are Wrong,” and the collective Against Equality were among those making the case that the Court’s ruling was at best insignificant, and at worst a step backwards. Darkmatter’s posts in particular struck a cord, generating several thousand likes and shares on Facebook.

Here’s why they’re wrong.