[OneWingedShark]

At the federal level, marriage issues […] for instance in the military, federal employment

Not really; they could adopt a no benefits policy; or a benefit to one designated survivor for 20-years policy.

and abortion also have to be decided on,

It was already decided federally: Roe v. Wade.

and immigration and foreign policy.

This is about the only one that actually is justified under the Constitution; congress has the authority to make a uniform law for immigration.

[ansel12]

I’m not here to play fantasy with you and all the things you can imagine, we are dealing with a reality right now, and your politics are in opposition to rolling back the left’s and libertarian gains.

There was federal policy on abortion before Roe v Wade, and federal abortions being performed, and we have federal laws and policies supporting abortion right now just as we have alterations to federal marriage law that was written at the time of the constitution and even before it by the Continental congress, we conservatives oppose them and want to stop them, and you oppose us and our fight.