BTW: I do believe in same sex marriage being protected by law. I just believe the voters have the right to make that decision, not me alone.
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Originally Posted by rahl
Not really sure what this means. But in our country we have a representative democracy at the federal level. The peoples wishes are carried out by the elected representative of a district. If the people aren't happy with said representative they can vote in one who will carry out their wishes. On a more local level there are ballot initiatives, which is what prop 8 was. The will of the people of California was carried out. I don't agree with their decision, but I don't live in California so I can't do anything about it. That's my only point. I'm not arguing against Gay marriage, only against your premise that the will of the people is irrelevant.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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