RE: I must respectfully disagree.
So be it. We disagree. But let me tell you my reasons why...
RE: We are not a democracy. We do not have mob rule. Enacting gay marriage is not good, but the least-worst way is via a legislature. That’s the way laws are made in a republic.
I’ll give you the legislature PROVIDED they openly say in their campaign what their stance on this issue is before the elections and during the campaign. Unfortunately, such was not the case in the state where I live in.
In NY State, many democratic legislators PRETEND to be pro-traditional marriage during the campaign and then turned around and voted to legalize gay marriage.
Gay marriage passed by a slight margin in the NY legislature mostly on PARTY LINE vote.
So, that doesn’t solve the problem either.
So, let’s respectfully agree to disagree here. I DISAGREE that allowing the people of a STATE ( not a national referendum on gay marriage) is mob rule.
States are laboratories of Democracy and the powers given to the states (as James Madison stated) are MANY.
A state referendum is taking the issue DIRECTLY to the people and letting them decide whether something as profoundly society changing as the redefinition of marriage should be accepted or not.
We will have to agree to disagree, then. I prefer that these issues be settled in the legislature.
Not that it matters much - we’ve lost the country on this. If we could have a nationwide referendum they’d vote for it. Popular votes used to be the way we could stop it, but those days are long gone.