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To: Lane3 who wrote (115674)	5/23/2005 3:00:38 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793905

I am still trying to figure out what "Our courts function as a pressure valve to defuse political and social tension," really means here. The only way that could begin to happen is if both sides accept the ruling. Too many Dems refused to accept Bush v. Gore and are still tense. And was the ruling on same-sex marriage based on her views of individual rights and human dignity instead of the Massachusetts Constitution and state law?

To: Lane3 who wrote (115674)	5/23/2005 3:54:27 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793905

Did the "gay marriage" ruling "defuse" political and social tension, or did it exacerbate said tension? I think exacerbate. Did it "settle large differences" or did it cause them to become larger? I think larger. How about Roe v. Wade? Did it defuse political and social tensions, or did it exacerbate them? I think exacerbate. How about Dred Scott? Defuse or exacerbate? Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) languished almost completely unenforced in the Deep South until the passage of the Civil Rights Acts. I graduated from a segregated high school in 1970. So much for the Supreme Court as great "settler of large differences."