Rob:
I think you need to look at your own backyard before calling us stupid. How many of the “forward thinking, open-minded” European countries have legalized gay marriages? Netherlands, Spain and Belgium only.
Now on to the proposition. First of all, I voted NO on Proposition 8, mainly for the reason that gays getting married do not have any affect on me as a straight person irrespective of whether I am single or if I were married.
That being said, the fact that the legalization of gay marriage that happened a while back via the court system (AKA Judicial Activism), without placing the issue in front of the people, did in fact piss off a lot of people in CA to the point that even though they were against P8, they voted for P8. I personally know of a few cases. To be honest, had I not had close friends in the gay community, I would have done the same. It might come across as immature, but I guarantee you that it is not. There is a method to my madness.
The government works for the people and not the other way around, as much as the elites in the government would like to think otherwise. The same folks who will use the courts (rather than the decision of the people) today to “give” rights are capable of using the courts to take rights. Trying to “change” the Constitution via the court system is elitist and a pretext to turning the country into a dictatorship.
"Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny." Patrick Henry.
The term “We” is for the people.
@ the thought of them ever electing a homosexual president.
