I do believe in unalienable rights but nothing’s perfect and it is the pursuit of perfection the misguides so many and leads to unintended federal abuse, socialism, and tyranny.
Freedom means everyone doesn’t have to abide by my moral code or your moral code. People can do what they want as long as they don’t interfere with another’s freedom. A happy, peaceful, and free society is never brought about by more federal power or even more state power - that is the direct opposite of freedom. But as the Founders wrote, sustained freedom is VERY dependent on the religion and “good manners” of the people.
Thus the banning of prayer and the Bible in public schools while seemingly harmless at the time, has reaped disastrous effects and harm to our free way of life.
Congress can take marriage out of the purview of the federal courts without any Constitutional amendments.
Gonna have to disagree, somewhat. I think all it did was accelerate existing trends, not create them.