If anything, this should be a vote of the people, not the legislature
Why is that, because then it'd have a better chance of not getting abolished? 
No - I think if the people voted, it WOULD have a better chance of getting abolished - but it's still the people's right to choose something like this IMO - even if the people disagree with me.
What makes this issue different from any other? The entire purpose we elect government representatives is to make decisions. If every single big decision was put to the people, having a government would be rather pointless.
What Gabu said. Personally, I trust government over the people on social issues; people are much more likely to be swayed by mass hysteria (as we see, for example, in the violent calls for public vengeance in death penalty trials).
What do you mean by this? Do you favor a statist approach when it comes to social policies? If so why do you have a negative social score?
