Proposition 8 and the SCOTUS nominee

Just got word that Proposition 8 has been upheld, but the 18,000 marriages that were performed won't be overturned.

Little consolation to the gay and lesbian couples whose rights have been trampled on because of religious bigotry. Even the LA Times, in their article, cited that the opposition consisted of "many churches and religious organizations". Notably missing was any sort of egalitarian or civil rights group, i.e. Human Rights Watch or the ACLU.

Yes, it looks like churches apparently hold big sway in the Supreme Court. Which is interesting because Mike Huckabee (the entertaining and gaffing one-time presidential candidate of the GOP) issued a statement on nominee Sotomayor saying that she was an "activist" from the "far-left".

So let's pause a moment and clarify something: if a Supreme Court (state or federal) acts in a manner inconsistent with the "word of God", it is an activist stab at the heart of the Constitution and the Bible (two documents that are mostly indistinguishable, it would seem, to a large number of Americans). But if a Supreme Court or judge stamps out equality and human rights with religious fervor and deliberate malice, they aren't being activists, but are in fact upholding the constitution-- or the Bible, y'know, whichever one you like better.