Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving! I know what I'm eating. ;)

Maine

Apparently, there was an election yesterday and Maine decided to reject same-sex marriage laws.

The reason I bring this up is because of the updates I see circulating around facebook, most notably along the lines of: The majority shouldn't be deciding the lives/rights of minorities!*

The United States is a (representative) democracy. If I understand my political theory correctly, a "democracy" is rule by the majority. It doesn't seem inappropriate for the majority to dictate to the minority, in this case regarding same-sex marriage. Unfair, perhaps, but not theoretically inappropriate.

*I'm arguing the syntax used, not the sentiment.