Intervening on gay marriage? It's the activist judges who intervened, disregarding super-majorities in referendums and the will of the people.
Intervening on end of life? Does she mean that there's something wrong with stopping babies' brains from being sucked out of their heads and killing them? Or, it's wrong to stop a guy from pulling the plug on his wife so that he can get insurance money and live happily ever after with his mistress and illegitimate kids? Am I missing something here?
"Why is it when Republicans are all for reducing the federal government's impact on people's lives until it comes to these stinging litmus test issues, whether gay marriage..."
Gay marriage will cost us in higher taxes and more expensive employee benefits. So voting for gay marriage is a vote for greater government "impact on people's lives."