The Iowa Supreme Court says that gay people have the right to marry. Cue absolutely ridiculous wingnut reaction in 5…4…3…

Update:

Predictably, the usual suspects are wasting no time showing that they truly do not understand the role of the judicial branch:

Douglas Napier, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, explains to OneNewsNow that the court overturned the state’s Defense of Marriage Act. “The Iowa marriage law was simple, settled, and overwhelming supported by Iowans for 170 years in the history of Iowa,” he notes. “There was simply no legitimate reason for this court to redefine marriage.”

Napier asserts that the justices stepped out of their proper role of interpreting the law and have instead created new law. A recent poll, which compares to others, indicates 62 percent of Iowans are against homosexual marriage.

“And it’s astounding the Supreme Court would usurp the role of the legislature, put a choke hold on the democratic process, and take that from the people of Iowa and claim to know better,” the attorney exclaims. “They don’t know better — and the people of Iowa need to vote on a marriage amendment and put it in place and let the Supreme Court know that they can’t speak for them.”

Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel and dean of Liberty University’s Law School, had this reaction. ”These activist judges are no more than proselytizing engines of social change,” he offers. “That’s not the role of a judge. They are to be umpires merely calling the balls or strikes. They don’t rewrite the definition of marriage.” And they do not go against the will of the people, he adds.

Alright, D-bags.  Let’s pretend for a minute.  Imagine that the population of Iowa was, say, 90% fundamentalist Muslim.  Now imagine that a law was passed in our fantasy Iowa, with overwhelming public support, that criminalized Christianity.  Would you support a court decision striking down that law as unconstitutional?  If yes, then you are either raging hypocrites or too profoundly stupid to understand the shit that comes out of your mouths.  If no, then congratulations.  You really don’t understand that the function of the judicial branch in this country is not to merely interpret and enforce laws, but also to overturn laws that are contrary to the constitution.  You know, that whole “checks and balances” thing.

Damn, these people are thick.

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