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"Because our rights as Americans and human beings are protected by the Constitution and are not subject to popular vote. We can argue about what those rights are, but they are not subject to majority rule, short of amending the Constitution."

Exactly. Those rights are not up for vote. This is a state law change to give certain benefits to homosexual couples that are enjoyed by married couples.

The reason it is a referendum rather than from the legislature is that the law makers know this is a deadly cultural issue and do not want to take sides.

So they put it to the voters.

Considering that 2004 marked many states voting to define marriage as heterosexual only, I am not sanguine about the homosexual advocates' chances of getting this to pass.

The states have the right to ban all homosexual activity under the pain of death, if they wish; recent erroneous Supreme Court ruling notwithstanding.

Enforcement is quite another issue. Even though I oppose homosexual activity, (on the grounds it is harmful to the individuals involved) I think passing a law you can't enforce is foolish.

Opposition to homosexuality comes from our Christian heritage. Do we wish to continue this tradition or give it up? These moral choices in a nonreligious government with a mixture of Christian and non-Christian voters are difficult to resolve.

Not necessary to have opposition based on Christianity.

There are more than enough reasons to oppose homosexuality that are 100% NOT based on christianity.

In fact the homosexuals push the meme which holds that opposition to homosexual behavior is ONLY based on christianity.

Homosexuals were being stoned to death loooooooooooooooong before christianity was formed.