but sadly, most Social Conservatives do not realize that their true battle is at the State level, and that by supporting Small Government Conservatives, they'd get a much easier path to attaining their goals. Instead, they've fallen for the seduction of the ease and power of using the Federal Government to impose their views, since the Progressive Left has been so successful with it.
I can only hope and pray that some candidate can marry the two sides of the Conservative cause by reminding the Social Conservatives of this. There is no other way to get all of the Right to work together... and there is no better way to draw the disillusioned "mushy middle" voters to begin voting again. A platform of lower taxes, less intrusion, more limits on representatives, less paperwork, etc WILL bring back millions of non-voters,most especially this next cycle.
You want marriage defined from state to state? What happens when your neighbor drives over to Illinois with his boyfriend, two girlfriends marries them and then drives back home, how does your state deal with that?
Sorry, Teacher, there is no separation of ideas. According to the first amendment, Congress shall enact no law respecting any particular religion or limiting the free exercise of religion. Any law passed by Congress that denies an individual the right to pray where ever that person chooses is already an act against the Constitution which is national. That can’t possibly be a state’s rights issue.
Same goes for our belief in the original founding documents. The right to life is the first right mentioned in the Declaration of Independence when it mentions the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Either we believe that as a nation and grant that right to life as a nation to the most helpless of our citizens, babies in the womb or we are liars. This states rights garbage on big issues like this is for those with wishy-washy beliefs who lack courage.
Gay marriage is wrong because govt’s only reason for being involved in marriage at all is for the protection of society’s future (children). Since gays have no part in that, govt. should have no other part in defining marriage. Govt. power should be limited, another tenant of the TEA Party movement.