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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gay marriage should  be left to the states.  And for something that so fundamentally changes centuries of social and legal arrangements, the people themselves should decide, rather than slim majorities of legislators or judges.  I read that a bare majority in polls now seem to favor it.  I live in DC.  Had gay marriage been properly put to referendum I would have voted in favor of it.  But I don't think that a handful of DC council members should have shoved gay marriage down the throats (no pun intended) of DC residents.  [/quote]

Do you understand how representative democracy works?[/quote]

When it comes to the DC Council, what one person may call a "representative democracy" others may call an entrenched, out of touch, corrupt kleptocracy.

The council is a good example of a lack of democratic process, in that just a few members (out of a council of 12 o3 13) are able to make such a fundamental change.  Jurisdictions with smaller populations -- New Hampshire, Wyoming -- have larger legistlatures that are therefore more "democratic" and certainly have more representatives.  All the more reason why DC should have had a referrendum.  You don't think the proponents of gay marriage are afraid of democracy, do you?

Maryland is doing it right.  The question was submitted to more rigorous scrutiny of a larger, more representative, bicameral legislature.  And it is still subject to referrendum.[/quote]

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