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Calif. AG urges court to void gay marriage ban
Fri Dec 19, 2008
- R. Donald Snyder: Nor do we live in a minority rule nation.
Calif. AG urges court to void gay marriage ban
Fri Dec 19, 2008
- spiffle: Wrong. The very reason we have a House of Representatives, where representation is based on the population of a state, is to give states with larger populations (the majority of the national population) more power in voting.
Calif. AG urges court to void gay marriage ban
Fri Dec 19, 2008
- spiffle: On the contrary, the majority does get to vote on civil rights, and they have before. Our constitutional amendments enshrine the results of those votes.
Calif. AG urges court to void gay marriage ban
Fri Dec 19, 2008
- Rednecklawyer9: You're right, the Founding Fathers did wisely create three branches of government, and they also wisely created checks and balances. Just as there can be a tyranny of the majority, there can be - and more commonly is - a tyranny of the minority.

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