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Someone who believes that unborn children are persons,

Agreed, without life, there is no liberty. Still unless we amend the Constitution, under our system, this issue should be kicked back to the States to decide. Roe V. Wade is bad law.

someone who believes marriage should be one man and one woman.

Personally I agree with you. As to government they should stay out of it altogether and let the people themselves decide with their religious bodies, if any. Still, under our system, again the 10th Amendment would apply here. If you want a Federal definition of it, which I do not, but for the sake of legality, again, there is the amendment process to the Constitution.

Someone who believes that personal responsibility comes first and foremost

As a libertarian, I agree with you along with accountability.

who believes in cutting spending on entitlements.

Again, agreed.

Someone who believes we shouldn’t be spending more than we take in

Agreed.

and that taxes should be taken off consumption and not production.

Agreed.

“Still unless we amend the Constitution, under our system, this issue should be kicked back to the States to decide. Roe V. Wade is bad law.”

The 14th amendment doesn’t permit this. Either one is a person in all 50, or one is not. You can’t be a person in New York City and not a person in Nebraska.

“As to government they should stay out of it altogether and let the people themselves decide with their religious bodies, if any”

Marriage is one of the enumerated powers of civil authority predating the Constitution of the United States. Ergo - the state does have the authority to solemnize and perform marriages. To change this to what you want would require a constitutional amendment. Marriage isn’t a private statement - marriage is public. You are required to have witnesses at your wedding, you are required to notify the state of your spouse, you aren’t allowed to get married to someone who is too close to you in blood, etc. This is the problem with the argument, “the state should butt out of marriage”, when the state has the authority and the powers to conduct them.