7 million, 6.4 million -- who's counting?

[beldar]

Like most folks, I've been following the goings-on with the fight to oppose or preserve California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage (other than the ones that are already in force) in the state.

In the conservative panic e-mails and news reports, Prop 8 supporters have been carping about "the will of 7 million California voters" (I lifted that

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[veronica_rich]

Imagine the response if somebody got enough signatures on a referendum to ban the devoutly religious from voting, arguing it's not decent to flout such behavior in accordance with a secular government ...

[filkertom]

The phrase "tyranny of the majority" seems to have dropped out of sight again....