When 170,000 people petitioned the MA legislature, they decided to recess rather than vote on whether to place a protection of marriage amendment on the ballot (USA Today Story).
Now, Romney fights back...
"A decision not to vote is a decision to usurp the Constitution, to abandon democracy and substitute a form of what this nation's founders called tyranny, that is, the imposition of the will of those in power, on the people," said Romney.
Governor Romney understands that when the social contract ceases to be based upon the consent of the governed, the rule of the sovereign loses legitimacy. Only, he said it a lot better than I did.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
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