The Modern courts are not bound by law. Are we debating what courts will do, or are we debating what is actually correct?
We conservatives generally have no faith in Courts. We've been lied to so many times that the norm is to have very little respect for what the Judicial system has become.
Do you respect the court opinion of Roe v Wade?
That I believe is where the "gnat strainers" go wrong. You debate 'what should be' ('actually correct' to use your phrase), while completely ignoring reality. The question facing us today in 2013 is 'what will the courts do?' Anything else is ... unfortunately, yes ... a useless waste of time. Navel-gazing at gnats as the world burns around us.
Do you respect the court opinion of Roe v Wade?
Of course not. And I publicly oppose it, by working in local pro-life efforts, walking in the March for Life and pray daily that it is properly overturned as ~3,000 babies die each day until it is.
But, on the other hand ... what is the price of tea in China?