“I would have no problem if the court did the opposite and stuck down “gay” “marriage” laws in every state, as they should. States have no right to sanction nonsense like that.”
Then you can’t complain when SCOTUS imposes gay marriage on the rest of the nation later this year.
States Rights isn’t something to be casually tossed aside when states do things you don’t like. States may make bad choices, but that’s the beauty of our system; you don’t like public policy in your state, you can either choose to campaign against it or move to a state more to your liking.
We must be consistent in our principles.
Yes, I can, and if they do, I will, loudly, angrily, and profusely. And that is perfectly consistent with MY principles.
States Rights isn’t something to be casually tossed aside when states do things you don’t like.
I maintain they have NO such right to do most of the things I don't like. Like let 2 men get "married" (no government unit has the right to defy natural law), impose gun control (violates 2A which has been incorporated to the States), have such lax voting standards that foreigners and dead people manage to vote (which is a violation of the civil rights of all American citizens when it perverts Federal elections), suck the brains out of near-full term babies (which is murder), or tax out of state purchases (which is a ridiculous overeach).
I support the 14th amendment and it's entirely appropriate when it's used for positive results. I'm not a 19th century Democrat so "State's right" fanaticism is not my principle, crushing socialism and protecting freedom is my principle. The states can be as much the enemy of liberty as the the federal government. It is not less painful to Lady Liberty when she is raped by a Governor, a County Executive, or a Mayor, instead of the President or the Supreme Court.
The realpolitik of the socialists must be met with equal force, fire vs. fire, no knifes in gun fights. We have lost gay marriage, the only way it will ever go away is if there is a federal ban that is upheld by the courts.
Just my 0.02.