Right. It’s so popular the only way to get it passed is for wacko legislatures to bypass the people and mandate it.
I'm sorry, but that is too funny.
First the courts mandate gay marriage, and everyone screams about "activist judges" (and rightly so---law-making is the responsibility of the legislature).
So now the legislature does it, and you are complaining about "activist lawmakers"?
What is your preferred system? Direct Democracy? (aka. Mob Rule?)