RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 16, 2018 at 3:14 pm
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2018 at 3:15 pm by polymath257.)
(July 16, 2018 at 1:09 pm)SteveII Wrote:(July 16, 2018 at 11:29 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: What majority view? You're talking out of your ass, Steve. Obergefell v. Hodges was in mid-2015.
What was Obergefell v. Hodges about? A ruling that overturned state-level bans/ballot initiatives/laws on gay marriage. It also struck down portions of DOMA (passed by a veto-proof majority of democratically-elected congressmen/senators). Do we run our country by opinion polls coupled with judicial activists or do we run it according to a democratic process? It's not clear anymore.
Individual rights are not subject to the democratic process. That is what prevents the tyranny of the majority.
(July 16, 2018 at 12:10 pm)SteveII Wrote: Perhaps. But who should change a definition older than history itself? 5 people?
How about the majority of people who realize discrimination against gays is wrong?