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(Opinion) D.C. City Council to Decide Gay Marriage-Residents Demand Vote

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D.C. City Council to Decide Gay Marriage-Residents Demand Vote

The popular vote

The popular vote will always be to endorse existing prejudice. That's the reason that civil rights issues cannot be reasonably decided by a popular vote. Had segregation been decided by a popular vote, we would still have separate restrooms and drinking fountains for blacks and whites.

- Babaroni October 26, 2009 6:58PM

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- minority protections
  
  A society cannot be truly free if it allows the majority to deny rights to the minority.
  
  - MrBook October 26, 2009 8:50PM
  
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  - Amen
    
    As usual, you cut right to the heart of the matter.
    
    - Babaroni October 26, 2009 9:08PM
    
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- Hmm...
  
  With this logic we'd also still have slavery.
  
  - JPDG December 2, 2009 10:03PM
  
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