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Originally Posted by Aramike
Where's does the Constitution say any of that?
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The First Amendment, backed up by the Supreme Court, the folks who decided these cases, as the Constitution established them to do.
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Originally Posted by Aramike
That then leaves it up to the will of the PEOPLE (not the will of the PERSON, mind you). That's where the democratic process comes into play. If the majority of people want a certain symbol to represent them, than that's who wins - that's the whole point of a democratic republic.
Indeed, the democratic process shows favoritism to the majority, but that's why certain rights are exempt from democracy.
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The Constitution protects the minority from the majority. That is the whole purpose of the Bill of Rights.
If the majority votes that owning people as slaves is legal, does that make it any more right to do so?