[jwalsh07]

The upside I guess is that I will get to see the dire predictions of the downside of it all, refuted in my lifetime

My sisters used to tell me the same thing about abortion my friend. They have since acknowledged that I was right.

[Torie]

Ya, but I saw the downside legacy of Roe v Wade the moment it was decided, and when Casey came down, knew that the winds would never blow that noisome fart out of the public square. You see, I don't see abortion (particularly third trimester) as equaling gay marriage as equaling polygamous marriage, all wrapped up in one Pandora's box. I don't see killing a semi sentient fetus for convenience as quite the same as what two consensual adults want as far as sealing their rights and duties to each other. And I suspect you don't either. You put them in varying rings of Dante's hell, and I put one outside the ring. Of course, from a jurisprudential standpoint, all are in the innermost ring to the extent SCOTUS chooses to go there.