Matt Davies for May 09, 2012

Actually, states have rights and people don’t. According the constitution if something isn’t covered by the constitution authority to make decisions goes to the states.

The US isn’t a republic. It’s a federation. That’s why it’s called the FEDERAL government. The basic subunit is the state, not the individual citizen. That explains such oddities as the Electoral College. Should the central government have more power the states less? That depends on your politics and who’s running the national government at the moment.

So…The president says that, for him personally, he thinks that same-sex couples should be able to marry… this destroys state rights how? It’s his personal feelings, not official policy.

I suppose “States’ rights” took a hit as well when the Supreme Court ruled anti-miscegenation laws un-Constitutional, in 1967. Now, however, this is regarded as a basic leap forward in citizens’ rights.

There is a school of thought that both state constitutions and the US Constitution should never be used to curtail citizen’s rights, only to guarantee them. I see a great deal of virtue in that.

Obama stated HIS “personal” view that it should be allowed, but that it remains up to the states. Dr. Canuck has it right though, so few Americans actually understand their government, it’s like watching second graders, describing either the Constitution, OR conducting sex ed classes on their own.

The president found a way to support Gay marriage without getting attacked for his position.

You sure said a “mouth fall” there.

If Obama said he were in favor of mixed-race marriages the right would attack him for it and put it up for a vote in North Carolina.