Reply #8: Not always the will of the people...

[GrrrlRomeo]

When the will of the people is oppression, when the will of the people is bigotry and discrimination, our Government is designed to protect minorities.

It does not matter if a majority of Americans hate gays. It does not matter if a majority of Americans don't approve of gays. What matters is that gay Americans are American, and thus entitled to the same protections, rights, liberities, and benefits as every other American.

Slavery was once the will of the people and we defeated it. Barring women from voting was once the will of the people and we defeated it. This too will be defeated. No one has the right suppress the rights of others simply because they don't like them.