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Originally Posted by host
I submit that it is the Family Research Council which has forgotten some essential principles upon which the United States was founded. The principle of democratic self-rule is not absolute. It is limited by the constitution. If, on the other hand, the Family Research Council holds the principle of democratic self-government to be paramount, would they be willing to accept the results of a hypothetical state referendum that bans Christians from exercising their religion? I do not believe so. I believe that they would ask the Supreme Court to overturn the referendum, and hope for the "judicial activists" on the court to commit the high crime and misdemeanor of overthrowing the will of the people. And the Supreme Court would be performing its proper constitutional duty in doing so, just like the Supreme Court was performing its proper constitutional duty when it overturned Colorado's notorious amendment 2, which made gays and lesbians second-class citizens under the law. In the amendment 2 case, not the court assumed powers that it did not have under the constitution, but 53% of the voters in Colorado did.
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That Supreme Court decision was really important, and a lot of people forgot about it. It is very much relevant to the effort to ban gay marriage. The problem is that the homosexual community does not by any means have the power of the christian community. The hypothetical christian ban could result in mass exodus or civil war because of the sheeer numbers in the christian community. It's a shame that people don't understand what they are doing.
Note: I hope that it is known that not all christians embrace the bigotry towards homosexuals. I, for one, embrace the understanding that Jesus taught us to have towards all people. "Whatever you do unto the least of these, you do unto me." Somehow it seems like an affectation for some christians to quote that passage.