No vote on equality in Canada
Canada official rejects marriage vote idea
...calls for a referendum are being made by those opposed to lesbian and gay couples having access to marriage and are an attempt to sideline the true issues.
He added that if a referendum on whether women had the right to vote was offered at the time of discussion, the measure would have failed, because minority rights are often overlooked by the national majority.
Canadians have equality and the Charter of Rights. Canadian politicians understand how to protect minority rights. Americans have prayer and the Bible. American politicians know how to use the minority to gain power.
Yeah, that's a pretty horrific concept...letting the country's citizens decide whether they want to reverse all historical precedent and grant state sanction to what many regard askance.
Far better to let unelected judges make that decision for 30 million people.
Right.
I see it as the system that prevents majority tyranny over a minority. I thought that was one of our country's principles - majority rule with minority rights.