EXACTLY

[velessa]

Borrowed from ajslj:

In 1787, the majority of people in this country thought African Americans were worth only three fifths of a human being. In 1887, the majority of people in this country thought Interracial Marriage was an abomination. In 2008, the majority of Californians thought marriage should only be between a man and a woman. Just because the majority of people in this country agree with you doesn't mean that you are right, it just means that a lot of people are wrong.

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[nicole-mk.livejournal.com]

I love this!

[randyandrews.livejournal.com]

Well then whose job is it to change the mind of those people? Someone must have done it before since we have free black people, and interracial marriage these days, and no one complains. Whoever was supposed to convince the country it was ok for gays to get married is falling down on the job.

[mutive.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, that is why we have a republic, not a democracy. Our founding fathers were justifiably terrified of the idea of a majority deciding to disenfranchise a minority. Which is why we have courts that are supposed to say "um, no, sorry, you can't do that". Which is what happened. It's a fairly logical approach, really.

I loathe the comments I've read about people saying "if a judge can undo this, why do we even get to vote". Honestly, if you understand the US government that poorly, I really wish that you'd *stop* voting, as you have no idea as to why we have a constitution or a judicial system if you say something that idiotic.

[randyandrews.livejournal.com]

velessa, I thought you and the folks here might like this article. I found it interesting.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40776.html

(edited to fix link)

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I knew I thought you were awesome for a reason.

[randyandrews.livejournal.com]

I was curious what you had to say about this blog post.
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/08/05/judge-walkers-rational-basis-for-supporting-polygamy/