Why is it that the gay community does not want to respect the will of the people when approving marriage ban?

The people did vote on it and rejected marriage for anyone other than a man and a woman? Why is it that the gay community feels they should be above the will of the people??Why is it that the gay community does not want to respect the will of the people when approving marriage ban?
Because in the constitution it states that no one should ever vote on a minority issue and if the government ever takes away the rights of any people it could be changed.Why is it that the gay community does not want to respect the will of the people when approving marriage ban?
Because the legal process of the United States does not allow for the majority to take away a right already granted to a minority. Think about this, if, in 1954, when the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas was heard by the Supreme Court and schools were ordered to be desegregated, what would of happened if that had been put to vote. Do you think segregation still would have ended? Of course not!!! The bigotry of an ignorant majority stuck in their hate would have voted to keep ';white'; children and ';black'; children in separate schools. That is why the court is allowed to make decisions, because there are too many people who would rather use their votes to deny others rights! That is why Proposition 8 should never even have been on the ballot, because it is not legal to vote to take away the rights of others!
It's not up to the people.


It's a constitutional right.





';The people'; think they have a place in the issue. They say marriage is between a man and a woman because the bible says so.


But marriage in this instance is governmental, NOT religious.


It's called separation of church and state, as I'm sure you weren't aware.





It's really ridiculous there was a vote.


The ban is unconstitutional.





But just like the Prohibition there will be a repeal soon enough.
why cant the ';people'; accept the will of the homosexuals? because both ideas are held very close to both parties and both parties are passionate almost to the point of it being rediculous. Amendments to the constitution are almost always there to **** some sub group of people. Keep in mind that the homophobic community tried to boycott mcdonalds for donating money to the gay cause. I think these homophobes should spend less time paying attention to my wish to marry my lover and put that time towards fostering the marriages that they take for granted and continue to try to take away from me! ******* assholes. i dont care if you disagree with it.
Because the democratic principle of ';majority rules'; does NOT mean that anyone can be designated a second-class citizen or be denied the same rights and privileges as everyone else.





In other words, even if there were only ONE gay person in this country, he/she could still not be denied the same rights as everyone else enjoys, not even if every other person hated them.





For me, it all comes down to taxation. If I am paying the same tax rate as others in my income bracket, then I should have every right that they have. Who the hell has the right to take those away just because they don't ';approve'; of me? Think of it this way -- how would you feel if you went to Disney World, paid the same admission fee as everyone else, and then were denied access to some of the rides? Would you find that acceptable? I doubt it. So if the majority of the American people want to deny me a certain right, fine and dandy -- but by God, I'll expect my taxes to be lowered since I'm not getting the same bang for my buck.
Because the majority does not have the right to take away rights from minorities. Majority rule does not always apply. That's why there's a Bill of RIghts. Otherwise, successive majorities could simply exterminate successive minorities until there was no one left. How would you feel if everyone in your neighborhood voted to lynch you for no particular reason other than they don't like you?
Because you are talking about a civil right, that is when The Bill Of Rights says the majority does not rule over the minority, if it does that's called tyranny. You can thumbs down me here, but The Bill Of rights Is still The Bill Of rights and that's not going to change, so get over it!
I'm not sure how to answer this question because:





1) There is no such thing as ';the gay community;'; 2) Not all people who are for gay marriage disrespect those who oppose it; 3) Not everyone who is for gay marriage feels the same way about it; 4) gays are people too.
Good point





I say strip marriage of its legal status, leave that up to the individual churches, and make EVERYONE get civil unions.





This way the government is out of it and all American have equal rights.
Excuse me, the proposition only just passed. It was only like 52% who said yes to the ban. Think about the actual statistics before you start generalizing ';the people';. Idiot.
Technically the will of the people wasn't to allow desegregation or interracial marriage or the emancipation proclamation. So by your logic the same goes for blacks then? I think not...
R U Sure it's the people, or is it really the HOMOPHOBES?
and?? banning gay marriage was disrespectful to begin with!
Because it should never have been voted on. It's really that simple.
I can fully see your position. Marriage has been between the opposite sex, and should FOREVER stay that way.





Civil unions, however, should be afforded to same-gendered couples ONLY! The same stipulations %26amp; recognitions of a marriage should be applied, but the term ';marriage'; should not be inclusive to civil unions in any shape, form, nor fashion.





Personally, I wouldn't get married nor civilly unioned because I wouldn't want to pay for something (and the negative recourses of) of that magnitude.