Protesting Democracy

On a day when I listened to conservative talk show hosts such as Dennis Prager and Michael Medved spoke encouragingly and supportability about historic election of Barack Obama, a candidate who they had railed strongly against just 24 hours before, I returned home to see protests against the results of the vote on Prop 8 (San Fransisco & West Hollywood). I term this a protest against democracy since the protester seem to believe that the majority has no right to vote their own consciences if they do not match their own desires. I do not believe that had Prop 8 failed to pass that I would have been greeted to similar protests by it supporters. Rather I believe instead they would have organized and strategized on how to legally go about restoring a historic and traditional definition of marriage to our state and society. I would have expected and supported the right for opponents of Prop 8 to have similarly organize to put forth a counter proposition to counter act this vote. That is the process. What is not the process is the act of 4 judges declaring a new right to marriage that previously had not existed. What is not the process is stomping around the streets blocking traffic like a spoiled child who did get their way. What is not the process is to have a city attorney representing the people sue to counter act the wishes of the people as expressed in the democratic process. Why bother to vote or claim that we live in a democracy if this tyranny of the minority is allowed to circumvent the democratic process? There are more rights to be concerned with than the media is willing to report about.