If the Constitution is his most important priority, then overturning the Supreme Court decision on homo-marriage should be his top priority.
His claim that it is a "state issue" is a red herring since the Supreme Court took it out of the hands of the states.
He was pandering to gay contributors. That's the bottom line.
It is a state issue and up to a future court to return it to the states.
A few thoughts on this:
First, I responded to an initial thread someplace on Cruz saying homosexual marriage was not in his top three. I thought, “That’s okay. My top 3 would be Abortion funded out of taxpayer funds, terrorism, illegal immigration.” My thought was that would make homosexual marriage less immediate because it will take time consuming court action. I still agree with that. Forcing me to pay for abortion can be ended by congressional act. Terrorist penetration of the US is a huge immediate concern and is intimately tied to illegal immigration.
But, if his answer was state’s rights, then that’s a dodge, and you are rock solid correct.
Christians aren’t looking for an artful dodger. They’re looking for a president who will put the bully pulpit to work for wholesomeness.
What can a president do about homosexual marriage and the scotus in an immediate sense? He can refuse to use the attorney general’s office to prosecute what the scotus has wrongly ruled. He can also sign legislation on marriage that forbids judicial review. He can support an Article V convention.
This was an unforced error on Cruz’s part, will not cause Christian conservatives to flock to him. He shot himself in the foot.
Well .... your premise is correct, but the list of "top priority" cures is pretty long: ee.g., Roe vs. Wade and Lawrence.
As for marriage being a "state issue", Cruz can square that circle by pushing through an amendment that takes down Lawrence and returns to the standard set in Bowers vs. Hardwick only a few years before, in which former CJ Burger gave full countenance to the States' power to regulate these matters in this sphere; re-establishing Burger's opinion will cure the damage done by AJ Kennedy, twice, in federalizing homosexuality and then homering for the bad guys.
The wider issue is that the Tenth Amendment needs shoring up, as CJ Rehnquist saw clearly and advocated during his whole time on the bench.