Thread: California Supreme Court refuses to delay gay marriages
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Old 06-05-2008, 10:17 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tristanrobin View Post
I don't believe that's true.

At the time of the court's decision which eliminated mixed-race marriage bans, there were more people against it than there are now against gays marrying. And I'm not sure you'd get a vote with unqualified support for mixed race marriages if the polls were taken today.

And - no - I don't think that a popularity vote is important.
True, but if it's not a popular decision than you will always have fuckheads making trouble for you. You just can't legislate people's feelings.