Our personal opinions or public sentiment about the merits or morality of certain laws simply are not factors in judicial decision making. We are charged to interpret the laws and to protect the constitutional rights of all citizens, regardless of power or position.

It is not defamation to express in good faith any opinion respecting the merits of any performance which its author has submitted to the judgment of the public, or respecting the character of the author so far as his character appears in such performance, and no further.