[annalex]

It was astonishing to read what passed for "reasoning" in the decisions that resulted from the constant legal assaults on marriage and family

The source of your astonishment is in the notion that the Left wing project is rooted in reason. It is not: it is a sustained over centuries act of vandalism when all methods would do. There is nothing to be gained by arguing with someone who wishes to destroy you.

[Albion Wilde]

My astonishment was not with the arguments of the left: it was with the contortions of the the Supreme Court justices to appease them.