[gdani]

If people in CA want to dope themselves silly, I sure won't stand in their way....

Well, that answers the question about drugs. How about gay marriage (if/when a state law gets passed) and assisted suicide? Again, those are both states' rights issues.

Maybe you are completely consistent across the board on states' rights. (I'll admit that I'm not & I think it makes me the same as about 99% of other people, whether they know it or not).

[Windcatcher]

I have no doubt that certain states would make gay marriage and assisted suicide legal. As long as I'm free to pick up and move, I don't have a problem with it. I know it sounds trite; it's indeed hard to pick up, change jobs, sell the house, etc., but if it's really important to you (or me) to bring kids up in a moral environment then I guess we have to act on our moral standards.

If I had kids and PA legalized gay marriage, I'd immediately start looking at jobs in NC, SC, AL, MS, etc. Personally I'm favoring SC. By the same token, however, I think states should be completely free to do whatever they wish vis-a-vis abortion. I have no doubt states like NJ would allow it, just as I have no doubt states like SC would like to outlaw it. I think the end situation would be that we conservatives would congregate in the South, and we'd prosper, too (being of stronger moral fiber and more productive).