I believe the issue of marriage must be decided by the states, and by the people in the states, not by judges and not even by legislators, but by the people themselves …Hmm. That is not republican (in terms of form of government), but purely democratic. The Founding Fathers believed in private morality upholding the state(s), not letting popular democracy decide whether a state goes Sodom/Gomorrah.
Sorry bro but it's not "democratic", it's States rights vs. Federal and that's the only thing she's pointing out.......
Isn't that the way the Founders purposely set it up? Representative Republic entails the whole Nation and the States, as smaller entities get their votes in a Democratic vote. A single State doesn't affect the Nation as a whole, but gets to make decisions that the Feds don't get to make for States. In order to OK/Ban something in all the States, you need Federal push and then it would be tyranny.