Actually, one of the functions of a constitution is to protect the civil rights of minorities from majority oppression. Indeed that is the whole idea behind the bill of rights. Remember your high school American history? The idea that your civil rights can be modified by a 50.1% majority should scare people.
Actually, marriage has been found to be a fundamental right by the US Supreme Court. Just not for some of us.
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Date: 2008-11-05 09:39 pm (UTC)Actually, marriage has been found to be a fundamental right by the US Supreme Court. Just not for some of us.