I remember reading about another legally sound idea that was rejected by more than 70% of Americans as insensitive, wrong, and even unconstitutional.
Now, what was that issue?
Most Americans Approve of Interracial Marriages
According to the poll, 77% of Americans say they approve of marriages between blacks and whites, while 17% say they disapprove. Public support for black-white marriages is now at the high end of the range of approval seen on this question since Gallup first asked it almost 50 years ago. The latest result essentially ties with the 76% approval rating found in 2004.
Gallup's long-term trend on this question documents a sea change in public attitudes about interracial marriage. In 1958, only 4% of Americans said they approved of marriages between whites and blacks. (The precise wording of the Gallup question has changed across the decades as the commonly accepted descriptive terms for blacks have changed; when Gallup first asked the question in 1958, the poll wording was, "whites and non-whites."
By the time it was legalized by Loving v. Virginia in 1967? 75% of Americans disapproved.
So yes, in times in history, the majority can be wrong, the majority can be stupid on a topic, etc.
So excuse me if I don't give a damn about the outrage being put out by people in this thread about this Mosque.