Guestblogger :: Ryan

Yesterday, the DC Council voted to allow same sex marriages in the District of Columbia. After listening to the usual freak-out that is talking-head cable news the other day, one argument kept popping up again and again:

Every time the issue has been put on a ballot to be voted upon, it has been stricken down so clearly the people do not want it.

My eloquent response: screw the people.

Minority rights are the EXACT reason we have institutions like legislatures that can pass laws. I am sure had the Civil Rights Act been put to a vote, "the people" would not have cared for it much either.  It does not mean that decision is right. So voters; sorry, I just don't care about you anymore. The history books will be the only vindication I need in the future of your utter lack of empathy.

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