“...but it really isn’t the job of the Federal government to do anything about it on an everyday basis. Yes, you can have laws against murder of course and even for libertarians, they is OK since you are harming another person but I just believe the Federal government is there to do certain things like defense, have a road/air traffic system, handle issues between the States and work on foreign policy. You might add a few sundry things like send up a space shuttle or two, but not much beyond that.
Unless we go through the Amendment process on things like gay marriage, the Federal government should be silent on the matter. Same with abortion.
Most of these issues are to be left up for each State to decide and both sides of these issues do have access to the legislative process to change and modify the laws in the States. So it should be up to us who favor traditional marriage to work in the system to preserve it and or change it back while the other side would work to allow homosexual marriage. I know there will be States to where we would lose and we must accept that but I do believe most States would keep traditional marriage. That is the nature of our system under the Constitution.”
Thank you. Too many people want an over arching FedGov to dictate to people what they can and cannot do. That is the very idea of “liberalism.” The FedGov has a place, and the States have a place, as do counties, and municipalities. The fundamental flaw in getting an over-arching all powerful FedGov, as some are pushing for, is that it is, in very principle, evil, as it abridges man’s ability to choose, eventually....anything. Then, we wind up with moral decay, and the present situation. Under our system of government, the Federal Government is small (the fact that Federal Officials are committing treason and overstepping bounds all over, and that our state officials have been heretofore complicit, is not lost on me), and state governments are small, and the people, not officials reserve the right to give or take POWERS, NOT rights, to government at any level.
People have been trying to live their lives, and ignore what’s going on, largely thinking that as long as they stand in line, they’ll be fine, or worse...be provided for. But this is not the case. Big government never saves, and seldom leaves anything behind. Despots are a dime a dozen, give anyone power, and they’ll gravitate towards it. I firmly believe the Founders did NOT include term limits in our founding documents so that we would learn this one simple fact: Freedom is the responsibility of EVERY generation, and cannot be handed down to the next. Each generation must restore/reinvigorate/refresh/whatever-term-you-please Freedom, because it’s shelf-life is short, and the decay of immorality is ever present. We have to take a stand for what we believe in, each and every day, of each and every year, for each and every generation, or NO SYSTEM of Government, no matter how true, or noble can protect us.
Nicely said, & I completely agree.