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Originally Posted by Dibbler
I think what they are talking about is this... In my state the government recently said that gay marriage is now legal. The problem is that that a couple years ago there was an item on the balot to legalize gay marriage. The no votes were at 80% and the government didn't like the outcome so they just went ahead and ignored the majority. What happens when the government decides that freedom of speech should be restricted too? You may say that this is comparing apples with oranges but once the government decides it can just ignore the majority whenever it doesn't like what it's saying we are really in trouble. I feel that this is happening now.
I could care less if two guys want to get married. I do care that the government feels that they can ignore what the people demand. After all this country is a country of the people for the people.
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I guess that's what re-election is for, right? If that 80% is still around (which is unlikely, frankly--attitudes have been changing REAL fast in the last few years), then they'll be able to yank their incumbents and put people in who can better execute their will.
Thing is, I can't imagine the people currently in office haven't thought this through. Their jobs are on the line, after all. They must feel they've got the public at their back. This is why you don't get activist legislatures--the process of re-election holds them accountable to their constituencies.