[Having to inhale clouds of cigarette smoke every day is harmful. No question. And yes, it is government’s role to see to it that people do not abuse each other.]
Holy cow....I wouldn’t even know where to begin with that statement. By that same logic, your car exhaust is harmfully abusing others. Perhaps the federal gov should protect us all from each other by creating a national ban on the combustion engine?
Buy a copy of the Federalist Papers. It will open a whole new world of intellect to you. Then read the Constitution to learn what the ONLY role of the fed gov is in the lives of citizens. Once you’ve accomplished those two tasks....inform Huckabee because that guy can use all the help he can get in that department.
Huckabee wants the issue managed by State and local governments, as would I.
However, I will always be for the federal government to step in as necessary, to protect and preserve our basic rights, where necessary. Necessity is necessity.
Familiar with the Constitution and federalism, thanks. Meanwhile, two facts: 1. America has developed much more as a nation than anticipated (a natural process in our experiment in repbulicanism), 2. We haven’t amended the Constitution enough, to catch up with that in complete, intellectual honesty.
Nations are good. Nations work. God even instituted them at the Tower of Babel — it’s just the way people work, live, breath, and associate. America is much more a nation than a mere assemblage of states. That, however doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t maintain a federalist system, within its proper, honest context in the Union.
Long live the Union.