Battlecat
2008-11-12 20:59:11
Gays and lesbians have become complacent, believing that civil rights progress is both linear and inevitable. Prop 8 was a wake up call to this complacency.
I went to the protest rally at the Mormon church in New York City tonight, and turnout was massive. Further rallies are set to take place in cities all over the country this Saturday.
If a proposition banning interracial marriage were to pass, would this be the democratic ‘will of the people’? Could we ban Mormons from marrying one another with a democratic proposition? Or is democracy more than a majority vote? Doesn’t democracy protect the rights of minorities? Why do we protect civil rights for some, but not for others?
