[farmfriend]

I will check out the links. It has always been my intent to deal with this issue based on science and equality. This is not an emotional issue for me, though I feel it is for many posting on this thread.

[jwalsh07]

Certainly it's an emotional issue. Emotions boil over when courts ignore the Constitutional guarantee of a republican form of government.

I oppose any redefinition of marriage but I oppose judicial oligarchy much more than that.

The courts have given us thirty years of culture war due to Roe and now they have fueled the flames with Lawrence and Goodridge. Whatever side of the issue one comes down on, we should all be able to agree that the courts should not force policy and mores down the throats of unreceptive Americans. It is neither their charge nor their duty.