Perhaps because it's a state issue? I realize you don't respect the 10th Amendment when it gets in the way of your 'conservative' agenda, but what were the arguments put forth by the Framers of the actual powers of the federal government versus the powers of the states (you should know this if you 'know' the Constitution so well yourself)? Of course we also have Justice White's opinion from the 1973 case
There apparently was no question concerning the validity of this provision or of any of the other state statutes when the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted. The only conclusion possible from this history is that the drafters did not intend to have the Fourteenth Amendment withdraw from the States the power to legislate with respect to this matter.It matters at what level it is legislated because the Constitution has specific limits. It grants me no rights but instead limits the federal government from intruding upon the states and their respective citizens. And it also grants the rights to the states, as White pointed out, to legislate such laws at their level. However at no point does it grant the right to the federal government.
Childish irrationality is the hallmark of l/Libertarians.
Moreso the mark of 'conservatives' when the Constitution gets in the way of their agenda. I have no problem with the states passing moral laws that adhere to the views of the majority of their citizens. But I do have a problem when such morality is legislated 400+ miles away from me by politicians who do not represent my state or the views of my fellow citizens of said state
Another notorious time-wasting troll chimes in.