Not only that: we here in Massachusetts have a legal system, set up by John Adams, which has appointed judges as a deliberate bulwark.
Unfettered democracy without a counterbalancing independent judiciary to protect the rights of minorities is called "mob rule". John Adams was aware of that, and set up a judiciary to deal with precisely this sort of situation.
Then, of course, there's the fact that Card is wrong about majority vote, at least here in Massachusetts. About 60% of us are in favor of gay marriage, and maybe 20, 25% just don't care one way or the other. And the other fifteen or twenty percent? Most of them aren't THAT upset by gay marriage, either. I mean, they're KINDA against it, but not enough to lose sleep over it.
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ellen_datlow) wrote2008-07-29 08:35 pm
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Unfettered democracy without a counterbalancing independent judiciary to protect the rights of minorities is called "mob rule". John Adams was aware of that, and set up a judiciary to deal with precisely this sort of situation.
Then, of course, there's the fact that Card is wrong about majority vote, at least here in Massachusetts. About 60% of us are in favor of gay marriage, and maybe 20, 25% just don't care one way or the other. And the other fifteen or twenty percent? Most of them aren't THAT upset by gay marriage, either. I mean, they're KINDA against it, but not enough to lose sleep over it.