What will be the response of the resident same-sex marriage opponents? Will they approve of this legislative change because it was voted for overwhelmingly by the democratic institutions of the state?
From the story:
House Speaker Shap Smith's announcement of the vote brought an outburst of jubilation from some of the hundreds packed into the gallery and the lobby outside the House chamber, despite the speaker's admonishment against such displays.
Among the celebrants in the lobby were former Rep. Robert Dostis, D-Waterbury, and his longtime partner, Chuck Kletecka. Dostis recalled efforts to expand gay rights dating to an anti-discrimination law passed in 1992.
"It's been a very long battle. It's been almost 20 years to get to this point," Dostis said. "I think finally, most people in Vermont understand that we're a couple like any other couple. We're as good and as bad as any other group of people. And now I think we have a chance to prove ourselves here on forward that we're good members of our community."
Dostis said he and Kletecka will celebrate their 25th year together in September.
What will be the response of the resident same-sex marriage opponents?
What can their response be? If they argue that the prop 8 vote in CA was legitimate, then they must concede that this democratically determined outcome is legitimate as well.
That is the way gay "marriage" advocates should do it. Gay "marriages" are still a farce but at least they followed the correct steps in this one case, instead of hijacking the democratic process via an activist judiciary.
Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei
(I lost access to my Milesius account, so I had to retrieve this one from the mothballs.)
Soooo... CC. If the "democratic" process results in the people wanting to implement Sharia law in their particular state or municipality then we should acquiesce?
What makes Democracy fool-proof? Democracy shouldn't be an end-all proposition. There IS a reason why our Founding Fathers divided the Federal government into three branches, Sir.