".... committed to ensuring that the rights of a few are never put to a public popularity ballot ...."
Marriage is a RIGHT, is it?
Then why wasn't it included in "the Bill of Rights"?
For over 200 years, the US prospered without anyone suggesting marriage was a "right". Suddenly, within the last 3 years, homosexual groups are screaming the marriage is a full "right", like free speech or voting.
It's all a bit too much to take seriously.
See the 9th Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
That's why.
Whether or not marriage is a "right," its exlusion from the list of rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights is no argument for claiming that it isn't.