[Polybius]

To iowamark: IF the decision for abortion, marriage and borders was left up to the States, do you think things would become more conservative than they are now, or less? .... airborne

To: airborne: You are begging the question. .... iowamark

The answer, airborne, is that, on the planet that iowamark lives on, if all abortion law were Federalized, there would be NO abortion at all.

On iowamark's planet, once the States are stripped of whatever regulatory powers over abortion they may still retain under the Tenth Amendment, iowamark's Fairy Godmother will wave her Magic Wand and an Anti-Abotion Amendment will magically appear in the Constitution.

See Post 44.

Iowamark claims that you are "begging the question" because you are dealing with the realities of the Planet Earth and not his fantasies of the Planet Perfect.

Unfortunately, back on the Planet Earth, fantasies that are at odds with reality can and do kill.

"I can fly! My Fairy Godmother waved her Magic Wand and gave me the power to fly!"

[airborne]

At least in my state, Pennsylvania, I believe a vote by the residents would keep the laws regarding abortion and gay marriage (borders too, if we had a problem at the Mason/Dixon Line) conservatively leaning.

It is also my own opinion that many states currently suffering from liberalism would vote for more conservative laws, given the chance.

Regardless, I agree with Perry that States rights have been stolen from them (us) by the Federal government Leviathan.