There are just laws that protect and maintain civil society and there are unjust laws used to oppress minorities. Who does this referendum hurt? Who is damaged

There are just laws that protect and maintain civil society and there are unjust laws used to oppress minorities. Who does this referendum hurt? Who is damaged by it? Where is the victim? Voting is at the heart of democracy, and laws that prohibit a group of people from speaking out violate the spirit of democracy. When you take it further and try and shut down people even speaking about it you are even further down the authoritarian path. And do you realize saying "there are more important and mundane issues" is exactly the kind of reasoning actual dictators use to run actual dictatorships. Democracy is obviously important and people care about it as much as mundane issues, which is probably why this is happening.