[Responsibility2nd]

Just as every family has a black sheep, every state must also have some damaged goods.

[OneWingedShark]

flaunt [flawnt]
verb (used without object)
1. to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
2. to wave conspicuously in the air.
verb (used with object)
3. to parade or display ostentatiously: to flaunt one's wealth.
4. to ignore or treat with disdain: He was expelled for flaunting military regulations.
noun
5. the act of flaunting.
6. Obsolete. something flaunted.

Usage note
4. The use of flaunt to mean “to ignore or treat with disdain” (He flaunts community standards with his behavior) is strongly objected to by many usage guides, which insist that only flout can properly express this meaning. From its earliest appearance in English in the 16th century, flaunt has had the meanings “to display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly” in public and “to parade or display ostentatiously.” These senses approach those of flout, which dates from about the same period: “to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock.” A sentence like Once secure in his new social position, he was able to flaunt his lower-class origins can thus be ambiguous in current English.

[manc]

so instead of states we now should say let local Govt decide what marriage is.

And some wonder why this country has gone to hell, honestly lets have common sense come back and tell these idiots who think marriage should be changed that they should take a flying leap off a bridge into a cold river and hopefully they might be shocked into understanding that

MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE AND AS IS

[rellimpank]

—went to Bisbee some years ago for a look at museums and mine tour-—every conversation I got in made the point in some way that the local economy was completely related to the drug trade-—

[fwdude]

Well, then, the city’s residence had better kick these sodomy-loving council members out in the next election.