Slavery: ended with a Constitutional Amendment. The Emancipation Proclamation was good PR, and AIR it only applied to the rebel states. I think that’s the only element that made it palatable.
There is no problem with banning polygamy, “gay marriage”, or slavery. All that is required is that it be done legally and not by executive usurpation.
I agree that different marriage laws in different states would involve some chaos, but I suspect that there would only be maybe five or six states that would democratically adopt such a policy. They would gradually be forced to abandon it by their own citizens, or if not, the way would be open for a Constitutional Amendment. There is nothing inconsistent between limited powers and amending the Constitution. it is only a matter of what can be done, when and how.
Like you and Ted Cruz, I too think so-called gay marriage is an abomination. If it weren’t for the out-of-control federal courts we wouldn’t even be having this debate. But we are, so the only question is what is the best way to go about ending it. Presidential fiat is not the answer.
The answer will be found in the Great Unwinding or Unraveling - the undoing of the progressives’ 100 year muck-up of the Republic. It’s a big project and it will take time and a lot of work. But we’ll get there.
Yes slavery ended with a Constitutional Amendment. We need an Amendment for marriage, too. I don’t think anyone suggests executive usurpation. The others want an Amendment defining marriage while Cruz wants it left to the states and Paul wants the government out of marriage altogether.
These are valid differences to consider. It is wrong, however, to unfairly paint someone’s position as something it is not. Bearing false witness is a sin, too.
Not meaning to imply YOU were bearing false witness. I was just saying that some people have.