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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (43869)	11/7/2008 11:05:11 PM
From: koan	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

>>Since marriage is a legal entity recognized by the state (for the sake of this argument at least in the US) don't they get to define it and regulate it? << No, becasue this is a clear case of the majority reigning tyrrany over the minority, which is exactly what Alexis De Tocquville pointed out was the defect in democracy, in his book "Democracy in America'. So in order to have a strong healthy democracy we have to guard against that with extra attention. And where we see it blatantly manifesting itself, we should stop it right there. And the gay marriage argument seems blatantly clear. And the African American community will need to see these two causes as equal. No bigotry by anyone.