It makes you wonder just what kind of a "reverend" this man is. Cirtainly not one who takes God's law very seriously.
Plus, judges are not supposed to interpret law as they see fit, they are supposed to apply the law as it was written with it's origional intend. Lawmakers make the law, judges apply it. What ever happened to that simple and effective concept?
Danforth is an Episcopal priest -- that is, he's a cleric in the church that has rightly become known as "the last bastion of not very much."
This is not in any way to demean the many sincere Episcopalian worshipers. But the hierarchy and priesthood of the main Episcopal church in the United States is completely saturated with the sorts of views expressed by Mr. Danforth. Indeed, he is a mild case. Most are undoubtedly much worse.
It's a real shame. This once-great church has enormous resources, in every sense of the world. But the critical faculties of its clergy are all but extinct.