"Gosh, what other violations of the will of the people get overturned....BASED ON A HUNCH???"

GFS, do you actually believe that the current democratic system is immune to that type of thing in other areas? If so, you shojld take off your rose coloured democractic glasses. (I suspect you are mostly caught up in making a point on homosexuality related issues, and did not think that one out objectively).

Once elected, under representive democracy, the will of those in power, and those who theh are connected to is the #1 priority. Only during election time are promises made to lure voters, and quickly forgotten, put on the back burner, or explained away until the next election time. That mostly sums up the state of "the will of the people" in a current democracy.