Democracy is not and must never become a tyranny of the majority, an electoral absolutism. Freedom should find its limitations only where the freedom of others is threatened. If a majority of voters decide that red is the prettiest color, should this be made law? No, because their freedom of choice is not impinged upon by my preference of blue. Likewise, I fail to see how your freedom to marry the woman of your affection is impinged upon by the right of men to marry men and women to marry women. Surely you do not love your wife any less just because the couple that just moved in next door are named Leslie and Melissa instead of Zak and Annie?
My personal opinion is that the institution of matrimony would be devalued if two consenting, mature people who loved each other and wished to take the same vows of commitment that everyone else in society holds dear were refused that right.
My personal opinion is that the institution of matrimony would be devalued if two consenting, mature people who loved each other and wished to take the same vows of commitment that everyone else in society holds dear were refused that right.
from a different article this fact is interesting, if not unexpected and surely signals that a passage of a ban by vote is highly unlikely.
Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has twice vetoed legislation that would have granted marriage to same-sex couples, said in a statement he respected the court's decision and "will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling."