| Re: Gay Marriage - Proposition 8 - Supreme Court Rulling [message #2699 is a reply to message #2587] |
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So wasn't the original constitution founded upon the need for a 2/3 vote or something is that the same thing of protecting the majority over the minority? Isn't that what this statement is making? When the government overrides what the people wanted? Anyways we do this in Utah with many things. No alcohol in stores because the majority don't want it, No full strip clubs, etc... etc... There is not a way to protect both at once except to have government step out completely than the people would let "anything go" if they are not of one heart.
As Denver related in his Constitution talk, The Constitution established a country in which each "kingdom" would vary just as the Kingdom's of Heaven vary from Telestial, Terrestrial to Celestial... and the experiment of Freedom in each state. Therefore there is always a group that isn't "covered" in this. Its the minority.
Am I not seeing this right? I see the problems as you mentioned but not that this si what it was referring to.
Quote:Many Californians will wonder if there is something fundamentally wrong when their government will not defend or protect a popular vote that reflects the views of a majority of their citizens
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