Palette Swap
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I agree with this approach. Considering how even a parliamentary debate/vote can be damaging (see France's year long protest campaign by millions of bigots chanting "One dad, one mom"), I can't imagine how awful a referendum campaign can get.Our LGBT+ community is unanimous on this. They don't want to have to suffer through months of the ad campaigns and the general public openly discussing whether they should have civil rights. As a civil rights issue and it shouldn't be up for debate, and giving anti-SSM people a debate is dignifying their position with a response it does not deserve.
Regardless, it's disgusting to submit basic human rights to a majority's approval. "You want the same rights? Let's see if enough people agree you should have the same rights as them".