Steven Den Beste has a good commentary on the gay marriage issue that concludes with the line

"Let's be very clear on the real point I am trying to make: the issue of gay marriage should not be slipped through using arcane legal arguments before a court. It is fundamentally a political question, and it should be decided using political processes, taking into account the attitudes and opinions of the collective citizenry"

Read the whole thing Here

While I agree with him that it should be solved using the political process I think that he is overlooking the fact that nothing much seems to get solved politically these days, at least nothing remotely controversial. Hell the NY state legislature hasn�t been able to agree on a timely budget for 19 of the last 20 years and he expects them to take on Gay marriage? Say what you want about activist courts but I think that the courts have been somewhat forced into that role by the lack of backbone displayed by our elected representatives.