RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 16, 2018 at 3:28 pm
(July 16, 2018 at 3:14 pm)polymath257 Wrote:(July 16, 2018 at 1:09 pm)SteveII Wrote: 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.
Individual rights are granted by the democratic process. Every advancement of rights in the last 150 years has been part of the democratic process.
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(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?
Opposing changing the definition of a word/institution older than history itself is not discrimination.