disneydude
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Basic human rights should never have to be put to a 50%+1 vote.We mostly just hear the views (1) of people who speak the loudest, and (2) which are presented by the opposition in order to make the position look ignorant and bigoted.
I think that most people who are against gay marriage don't really know why they are against gay marriage, and thus don't speak out. That doesn't mean that they don't have legitimate concerns- and thanks admitting that those legitimate concerns exist.
Changing a legal definition which has been used for thousands of years and was not even disputed until very recently should not happen until society itself has accepted it, i.e. has put it to a 50 + 1 vote.
Can you imagine if civil rights for blacks and other minorities had to be put that that vote?
Can you imagine if inter-racial marriage had to be put to that vote?
Can you imagine if the right of women to vote had to be put to that vote?
We'd still be living in a country where all of our rights were decided by rich white landowners.