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Old 05-16-2008, 12:44 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sprtnbrn View Post
So was it legislative tyranny when both chamber of the legislature passed the bill in favor of gay marriage twice?
Seeing that 60% of the people agreed to marriage being defined as between a man and a woman, then yes.

But there's another term for it, coined by Toqueville, democratic despotism.
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