Should rape be a states’ rights issue?
Should abortion be a states’ rights issue?
Should bestiality be a states’ rights issue?
Yes, yes, and yes.
Which is exactly the argument against Roe v. Wade. Abortion was already legal in those jurisdictions where the populace supported and illegal where they didn’t. Exactly as it should be.
If we believe in the Constitution and in federalism, this is the only logical position...otherwise we’re just asking for unconstitutional activism on our behalf instead of on the left’s behalf.
You realize the most all murder laws are state laws, right? If the residents of a particular state were so idiotic as to wish to legalize murder, they would be well within their constitutional rights to do so. Why should the things you cite above be any different?
Hank