And again, let me state: There are two completely different issues here.

One is upholding rights that were already spelled out in the Massachusetts Constitution. That is not "judicial activism" or deciding an issue by "fiat." That is called upholding the law as it is written in said state constitution.

Please get your facts correct on this.

The other is taking away rights without placing it in front of the people who will lose that right.

There is a significant difference.

Now, by the same token, I'm all for legalizing marijuanna. I'd jump up and down with joy about all the sin taxes we could slap on that puppy and swell the state coffers. However, there is no law anywhere that says we have a legal right to it. In fact, there are state and federal laws against it.

I would be all for putting it up for a vote in a general election because there you are overturning an existing law.

In the case of Equal Marriage, no laws were overturned. None. At all. Period.