[RJCogburn]

create new law and cultural standards via judicial fiat

SC did not create a cultural standard, We...you, I and the rest of us....do that.

[Kevin Curry]

SCOTUS has prevented states that still had sodomy laws from upholding them as reflective of moral standards as legislated by duly elected state lawmakers. The immoral and dissolute in these states have been emboldened and strengthened; they will cause the descent into anti-family anomie to accelerate. So yes, SCOTUS has contributed in a big way to the slide.