RE: Better alternative? Are you under the mistaken impression that New Jersey voters would actually vote against gay marriage?
Let’s say (God forbid) that NJ chooses to vote for gay marriage... It is still better than the other two alternatives:
1) ONE JUDGE sitting on the bench imposing this on the people.
2) A few legislators imposing this on the people.
If the people of NJ want it, then they’ve in effect chosen spiritual damnation on their state, but at least we know the people have chosen and NOT just a few sitting elites.
Sometimes we are not given palatable choices (e.g. Romney vs Obama) , but the least worst choice is better than the worse alternative.
I must respectfully disagree.
We are not a democracy. We do not have mob rule. Enacting gay marriage is not good, but the least-worst way is via a legislature. That’s the way laws are made in a republic.
Ballot measures might be tempting, since they seem to be the only way we can advance our agenda, but they’re anathema to a republic. Our Founders feared and hated mob rule, rightly so.