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Quote by: LadiesMan217  Frankly, I do not care if gays can marry or not. I do not support it but if the choice was up to me I don't think I could deny them the right. Having said that, I am very angry at the fascist way it was overturned. The people of California voted on that ban and passed, also in every state that put it on the ballot in '04. It is highly disturbing that 4 people can override the votes of millions of people. Some people see this as a step forward for human rights, that may be true but it is a leap backwards for democracy. Democracy is dying my friends and if it dies then human rights will be the least of our concerns. |
We are a democratic republic, and part of the reason of being a republc is exactly this: protecting the rights of the minority. That protection is inherent in our constitution and should be in our local laws as well (and usually is). As such it becomes the Judicial's responsability to determine when laws contradict and which has precedent. This should never of been allowed to be determined by a mass vote because it allowed the majority to determine the rights of the minority. This decision should of always been left to be deternined in the courts.