...and I like Rand Paul...
Some here get it wrong - Paul wants the STATES to decide which is exactly where this issue belongs because federal interference is flat-out unconstitutional.
Too bad that Paul isn’t running for governor of a state, he is running for president, the federal government, so you can drop that phony fig leaf, as can the weaselly Rand Paul.
Gay marriage and abortion have a huge presence in federal law.
Gay marriage from the military to federal employment, to immigration and foreign policy and at the U.N., and abortion in federal hospitals and on military bases and in foreign policy and at the U.N..
The president and the federal government have great public influence on these issues, when FBI men and the Military have gay marriage nationally, then the argument among the voters of individual states is close to over.
That is a slick way to try to conceal Paul's real positions on abortion and gay marriage and social conservatism.
Rand Paul has come out as not supporting the GOP pro-life position because it is too strict, and he has called for the GOP to drop opposing gay marriage and promoting social conservatism to, "grow the party".
States decide “Cousins Marriage”, big difference between some states. I agree with you. States have long regulated marriage down to the County Clerk.