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There's not much point to freedom of religion if you're not allowed to vote according to those beliefs. There's not much point to claiming a free society if a

There's not much point to freedom of religion if you're not allowed to vote according to those beliefs. There's not much point to claiming a free society if a religious bloc can vote away everyone else's freedom.

nailer 13y ago
What you've said is true, but this is the nature of democracy. A bloc of /any kind/ can vote away everyone else's freedom. You might not support that, which is reasonable, there's a lot of Libertarians in tech and I do understand where they're coming from. http://i.imgur.com/fV2tHeu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fV2tHeu.jpg illustrates the point quite nicely. However: most people don't understand or agree with this, and believe in democracy and its compromises, including shitty things likes rules that may restrict you based on a majority of opponents.
- coldpie 13y ago
  > A bloc of /any kind/ can vote away everyone else's freedom. Under the US constitution, this is blatantly false. See, for example, the First through Fourth Amendments, which place restrictions on what sorts of laws can be created.
  - nailer 13y ago
    I'm not American, so by no means an expert. Can't the constitution also be modified through vote, either by national convention or via representatives, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_amendment#Federal_constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_amendment#Federa... ?
    - Solarsail 13y ago
      And Prop 8 itself was a constitutional amendment. It was only overturned due to the constitution above it; And that constitution was not amended. (Also speaking as a non-american).