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Americans Reject Gay Marriage
Opinion does not matter
While most of Americans may not want to permit homosexuals to marry, The United States is not about the majority opinion. The government itself is designed as a mechanism to ensure equality - not to propagate inequality through the tyranny of the majority. It may not always work that way but it is the whole purpose of checks and balances.
- sumwatt July 24, 2008 9:53AM
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