Let me explain how the 10th Amendment works. It only says that powers which have not been granted to the federal government in the constitution are reserved to the states. So, if we pass an amendment to the federal constitution which gives the federal government the power to protect marriage then there is no 10th Amendment violation. In other words, an amendment to the constitution can never violate the 10th Amendment - not to mention the fact that even if the amendment were to contradict the 10th Amendment (which it doesn’t) then as the more recent Amendment it would simply repeal any portion of the 10th Amendment which conflicted.
“Let me explain how the 10th Amendment works.”
Oh, thanks for *explaining.* Rofl. What you just wrote is directly analogous to explaining to me that if the rules of the NFL are changed so that a frisbee is used then it’s still football.
Let me explain first principles: are you comfortable with a federal government that is happy to pass a whole Constitutional amendment about a social issue?
If so, then don’t squawk when or if the Dims get power and do exactly the same but instead of protecting conservative values, they mandate gays as a protected class by Constitutional amendment or repeal the 2nd Amendment.
The same government that can do one can do the other. I don’t want that. I want a nice limited government that does its duties as laid out in the Constitution and stops there, leaving everything else to the states or to the people.
Dr. Dobson has made it pretty clear that he doesn’t mind Ubergovernment because he envisions an government that does what he wants. The problem is that government doesn’t.