1.0 link 144103 <![CDATA[Democracy, Religion and Proposition 8]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-r-stone/democracy-religion-and-pr_b_144103.html How can a free society reconcile the often competing values of democracy, religious liberty and the separation of church and state? This challenge was vividly illustrated by the recent controversy over California's Proposition 8, which forbade same-sex marriage.

In a democracy, the majority of citizens ordinarily may enact whatever laws they want. Some laws, however, are prohibited by the Constitution. For example, the majority of citizens may want a law denying African-Americans the right to vote or prohibiting Muslims from attending...

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