“Gay marriage,” a constitutional right or “tyranny of elitists?”

SonoranNews.com: “Representing the proponents of Prop. 8, Attorney [Brian Raum] of the Alliance Defense Fund issued a statement afterward calling the court’s ruling ‘disappointing’ and said, ‘Its impact could be devastating to marriage and the democratic process.’ He said the majority of voters ‘simply wished to preserve the historic definition of marriage . . . imagine what would happen if every state constitutional amendment could be eliminated by small groups of wealthy activists who malign the intent of the people. It would no longer be America, but a tyranny of elitists.’”