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I think it's sad that over 60% of the country wants to deny basic rights to other citizens based on prejudice. And while I usually respect the will of the people sometimes the people are wrong. The people have been wrong before and they have been over ruled by the government for the sake of the common good before -- the most obvious example of this is school desegregation during the civil rights movement -- the large majority of the national population was against this -- i think we can look back and say that the majority was wrong and thank our constitution for correcting them. Similarly the majority of the population in the south would love to stop teaching evolution in public schools. For years the majority of people didn't support allowing minorities or women to vote or own land. Part of the reason why our government is not a straight democracy is that often the will of the people is out of line with the will of the constitution.
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