When Jefferson and his collegues were framing our constitution, certain concessions had to be made in order to appease concerns over the balance of power between large and small states. A bicameral legislature was once compromise as was the electoral college. My Dad always told me the electoral college was important because it gave America's bread basket a voice in elections; because if those low-density states don't have a voice, the high density states won't have food.

I'm just going ape shit over this archaic interpretation, quite simply.
I shall breakdown this shit.

My favorite newspaper is The Onion because their satire typically nails truth's core in a manner the "respectable" media simply can't. My favorite article from them was a couple years ago about a husband and wife in Montana that divorced because they felt "threatened" by gay marriage. In their inimitable manner, The Onion illustrated just how asinine the debate over gay marriage truly is. The notion that one can feel "threatened" by gay marriage or equal protection under the law for an entire community is utterly moronic.