Liberal Forum

It should have absolutely nothing with what they "believe." They're supposed to apply the Constitution and the law. I'm glad though that you see my point. Imagine it was a conservative majority that found new "rights" with no basis in the Constitution that grossly infringed on liberal philosophy. That's what so angers conservatives. Which once again imposes non-existent "rights" that have never been found in the Constitution on half the country. With huge implications for society as a whole. "Consistency?" There had never been a right to an abortion. There has never been a right to homosexual marriage. There has never a right to sodomy. To cite just a few relatively new rulings. No, the liberal justices have not been very consistent at all. With effectively no recourse by those who oppose this. Sure, it would be nice if there was a consistent "belief" in what the constitution means, but there isn't. Conservatives generally don't agree that privacy is a right living in the constitution, while most liberal judges do believe it. But, you point does not change anything. Court decision can be overturn and have been. They are a hell of a lot more consistent than the politicians. Duh, clem, there is no "right" to sodomy, but there is a right to do what you want in the privacy of your own home that doesn't hurt anyone else. Justice Kenedy argued that the Constitution embodies a right to private homosexual sodomy in the liberty interests of the Due Process Clause in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, and that the statute (the bill you guys are talking about) furthered no legitimate state interests that could justify an intrusion into such a private relationship. Equal protection will justify gay marriage and if I remember correctly, the privacy concept was the foundation for Roe v Wade. Just because you don't understand the constitution to mean something doesn't mean you're right. That's why we have the Supreme Court. Your opinion doesn't, in the big picture, really matter.