Why Voting On Civil Rights Is A Lousy Idea

Marriage News Watch‘s Matt Baume discusses why putting civil rights ts to a popular vote, as politicians like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie seem desperate to do, is downright un-American.

“When the United States Supreme Court ended the ban on interracial marriage in 1967, 74% of Americans would have opposed that decision. And it’s been nearly a century since New Jersey put civil rights on the ballot, the last time being a 1915 referendum on allowing women to vote. Voters rejected that measure.”