Reply #81: Each branch [View All]

of our governement is a coequal one. The constitution gives a certain group power to make laws, this is true. But that same document also gives the court system the right to interpret those laws.

One sight I looked at made a statement to the effect that when the first court case came down on the side of marriage rights for interracial couples 80% of the U.S. population was against it. So if interracial couples had waited for a popular vote, they would still be unable to marry one another.

I think that certain issues, by the nature of our constitution, are in the hands of the legislature until they make a decision that goes against what the constitution says. Once that happens, it is the obligation of the court to step in and correct the mistake, with or without a popular vote.