It’s just those damned activist judges again, making trouble for the rest of us….
“The lawless judicial attack on traditional marriage and on representative government continues.”
~ Ed Whelan @ NRO writing on Friday’s landmark decision by the Iowa Supreme Court to lift that State’s ban on gay marriages.
The first thing that strikes me as ironic about this statement is that in all likelihood, had the court implemented the ban rather than removed it, the Ed Whelan’s of the world would no doubt be happy enough, and it is pretty much unthinkable that any opponent of gay marriage would decry a decision by a judge (or judges) to ban such unions as “lawless judical attacks” on same sex marriage. The whole notion of “activist judges” is essentially a ruse. The fact is, conservatives only care to point out such “activism” when it rulings go against their own political beliefs and principles. When rulings go the other way it isn’t activism, it’s justice, or its rooted in the Constitution, etc.
To quote Whelan one last time, “what gobbledygook.”
April 4, 2009 9 Comments
