Under our Constitution, homicide and marriage ARE state issues, simply because the text of the Constitution does not mention either subject.
But a state that legalizes homicide, or defines marriage in a way contrary to nature, should be expelled from the Union.
Utah was kept out of the Union until a revelation was received that outlawed polygamy.
By the same token, California and New York should have been expelled from the Union when they legalized abortion.
Also by the same token, all the states had the duty to secede from the Union immediately after Roe v. Wade.
Cruz is technically correct about “federalism,” but incorrect morally. Legalized abortion in ANY state, and gay marriage in ANY state, is not something the Union as a whole can tolerate, and survive.
Very good points. The Governors need to reclaim their actual authority as intended in the 10th Amendment.
Actually I think any law legalizing murder, which of course includes killing of the unborn, is unconstitutional and should never be permitted to stand, and if the state refuses to submit, should be tossed out of the union. Currently, murder is so lightly penalized it is on its way to being tacitly legal, manslaughter this and that as well. Anyone murdering another human being should face execution, and not after decades of frivolous and costly appeals. If there is no doubt about guilt, I say give them a week to repent, and then execution.