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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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What right does anyone else have to enforce their "vote" on anyone else. I vote that stupid people shouldn't be allowed to procreate, should we vote on that, too? It shouldn't even be put to a vote in the first place. I think the whole issue is a "red-herring", it's an emotional trap to keep us from focussing on the real issues- like where our tax dollars are being spent, like foreign aid, entitlements and bail-outs. Our officals think we're stupid and wouldn't understand the finer points of economic stress, so they toss this about to get us off the scent and from asking too many questions.