C'mon, man.
Just because someone has a political view as a private citizen that you disagree with doesn't mean he'll be an activist judge. And sometimes activist judges are applauded by the right - see, e.g., Scalia and his decision in Heller.
Good grief,
@Jazzhead . Did you even read what I posted? Nowhere did I mention his political view. Nowhere.
I have a problem with ANYONE who interjects their personal viewpoint, and even worse, personal feelings, in any judicial ruling at the expense of written law. In other words, I detest ANYONE who legislates from the bench.
I clearly understand that you hold the opposite view - that you applaud judges who use the power of the bench to write 'laws' that are contrary to the Constitution, yet promote your particular viewpoint. But do not for a minute assume that I think the same way as you. I do not. I will always be the one siding with the Constitution of the United States of America here while you argue that the means are somehow justified by the ends.
His opinion supportive of gay marriage is hardly evidence that he's a "judicial-fiat-loving liberal douchebag". Lots of conservatives I know support the Constitution's guarantee of the law's equal protection.
I don't even know what his opinion of same-sex marriage is. But the fact that you describe it as 'gay' marriage instead of 'same-sex' marriage proves that you are an enemy of the very 'equal protection' that you pretend to champion. Marriage laws in states like California held zero regard for preference. Thus, equal protection applied. But now that 'preference' has been added to the equation, equal protection no longer applies. Because my particular preference is denied while the preference of a select class is allowed. And not by law either. Nor by the Constitution. It is allowed purely on the fiat of black-robed tyrants.
Personally, I believe that the members of a society should all have a voice in setting the rules that mold and shape a society. Yet clearly you do not. And THAT is what separates you from me. Not your view on same-sex marriage. Not your view on gun ownership. But your utter contempt for allowing society to come together and choose its own laws.