Could you imagine people voting for/against Civil Rights...

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

If same-sex marriage is clearly guaranteed by the Constitution then the Courts should be able to declare it to be so, rather than needing to rely on legislatures and direct democracy, but that begs the question as to whether it is.   

I'm sure the Dixiecrats would've loved to deny blacks equal rights and representation under an imagined technicality as well. This clearly falls under the purview of equal protection.