How the Culture War Was Won. (Correspondence).

AS A GAY COLLEGE STUDENT, I was encouraged by E.J. Graft's "How the Culture War Was Won" [Oct. 21, 2002]. But while Graft anticipates that the next "50 or so years of court battles" is the ground on which equal marriage rights for gay men and lesbians will be fought, I wonder whether judicial victories will yield the most thorough-going marriage rights. Since the Warren Court, progressive judicial decisions have led to backlashes against liberal movements, and many Americans continue to view such decisions as an attempt by liberals to bypass the democratic ...