[thecavemaster]

You are one seriously confused individual. You dismiss the democratic process as "mob rule," whenever you find your opinion to be shared by the minority of Americans - which seems to be a position that you find yourself on most issues. The founding fathers understood the importance of establishing a nation ruled by laws and not by men.

The difference between us is that if the Supreme Court eventually rules, incorrectly in my opinion, that gay marriage is a constitutional right, I will accept its decision as the law of the land, while supporting a constitutional amendment to change that law. If the decision goes the other way, you and others of your ilk, will continue to try to pack the court with activist judges to thwart the legislative process and nullify the votes of the majority.

It is attitudes like yours that are so common among the socialists who control the White House and Congress that are driving the current "throw the rascals out" mood of American voters. Democrats are going to pay a heavy price for ignoring public opinion and allowing the socialist wing of the party to become the face of the party.

Given history, Hoot, I would be careful about attributing mid-term losses by the majority as some grand movement. Of course, you know that. Same sex marriage is an essential liberty, in the same vein as the general grace of God, whereby Hitler's roses grew just like Billy Graham's. It's a foundational principle, without which, the rest of the Constitution doesn't matter. The Framers were balancing two great threats from historical observation: a despotic tyrant's government and the whim and caprice of a swayed by the wind public...either are a threat to essential liberty.