I may have lost a 'friend' tonight over Marriage Equality in Wisconsin
Tonight we achieved equality in Wisconsin. Finally. I sent a text to all my friends letting them know. One of them texted me back and we got into a heated text argument (okay, heated for me). He said that the decision was wrong and that it should be up to the people if gays were allowed to marry because it was a vote and that he believed that people had now been educated enough to vote it down, but they weren't given the chance.
I said fine. When do I get to vote on YOUR rights?
He said, "Will, you know I love you and support your marriage because I see how happy you are. I just think that since the last vote, people have been educated on the subject and we don't need corrupt lawyers and judges changing something the people of Wisconsin would have changed themselves."
My reply: "You trust them, I don't. Too many people are swayed by their religion, which has no place in this. Like the new laws they are passing to make it okay not to serve gay people. Add to that the majority of voters is not actually a majority. And what about the people of Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Utah, etc? They might have to wait another five or more years for their rights? Is that okay? And final statement, this is not a democracy, it's a republic. Ideally laws are there to protect minorities against the tyranny of the majority so the less populous group can't have its rights tramped by a larger group. Love you, too."
Five hours later, no reply.
Ah well, such is life.
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I'll bet he's feeling sad as you are, and may come back, somehow, sometime.
had been up for a vote back in the sixties, it wouldn't have passed. The majority is not always right. It usually takes time for people to see the light, especially when they're wrong. It's hard for most of us to admit when we're wrong. Hopefully time will heal your friendship. If not, then he's not such a great friend.
Hang in there. 
Just for the reaction.
that "friend" is a bigot who simply just got angry enough where he could not stop himself from letting Will know - OMG, the irony - he OUTED himself 
...that claims to have equality under the law.
- So saying that as an excuse or rationale, is pure BS.
K&R
Secondly, I'm so sorry that your friend feels that way and marginalizes the feelings of you and so many. I hope he either comes around and apologizes or at least keeps his mouth shut.
I'm so happy about this ruling. For you, millions of others who deserve equality, society for making this progress and our state which has been pummeled with teabaggery for the past few years.
Yay!! <3
Put that friend aside for a bit and focus on stuff like this http://www.democraticunderground.com/113738312. Pure joy. And thousands of supporters sharing that joy. Donating cake, photography, roaming musicians and LOV E! 
Feel better soon. 
Me, too.
populous group can't have its rights tramped by a larger group..."
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States[4] that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.[5] It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public (known as "public accommodations"
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Powers given to enforce the act were initially weak, but were supplemented during later years. Congress asserted its authority to legislate under several different parts of the United States Constitution, principally its power to regulate interstate commerce under Article One (section 8), its duty to guarantee all citizens equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment and its duty to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment. The Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, at the White House.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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