State by state gay marriage? State by state abortion restrictions? State by state gun laws?

[Nikki Stone1]

We need FEDERAL laws.

It's ridiculous that you can go to Massachusetts and get married but to California and not be married. It's ridiculous that you can get a safe and legal abortion in California but that you can't find a clinic in North Dakota. It's insane that the ammo you buy is monitored in Los Angeles but that you can carry a weapon openly, right outside a building where the President is speaking, in Arizona.

:wtf:

[VMI Dem]

1. Our President is a coward, bigot, or both.

It starts at the top.

[Tim01]

2. So, choose your state. And stay there. nt

[Tim01]

3. Any states that protect gay rights, AND protect gun rights? I might move there. nt

[Nikki Stone1]

4. Iowa?

?

[Tim01]

7. Maybe. It's worth looking into.

I think that area of the country "tends" to be kind of strange. Kansas had lots of racism, lots of bible thumpers, and lots of people who thought common folks were too dangerous to carry guns.
Iowa certainly sounds different, though I've always lumped those big flat states into the same pile.

[Tim01]

9. Ok, their gun rights do look very good.

And the gay marriage thing in Iowa speaks for itself. It really does sound like a fabulous,,um,,I mean,, it sounds like a great place.
I really will consider moving.
Gay rights won't have any effect on me directly. But a culture that permits gay marriage has to be more in tune with my opinions than Virginia is.
Sounds awsome.

[cali]

10. Vermont. Vermont has the laxest gun laws in the country

and was the first state to enact marriage equality through the legislature as well as the only one to override the governor's veto of marriage equality. I can guarantee that won't happen anywhere else.

[Tim01]

12. Oh, hell, you're right. Better climate too! What's not to like? nt

[dsc]

15. vermont

[Heidi]

19. Ya shouldn't have to play state-to-state musical chairs to have your human rights protected.

Or your constitutional rights.

[paulsby]

26. WA state nt

[excess_3]

5. I am pro-(state)choice

choose what you like

[Heidi]

21. Oh, really? With regard to gay rights in particular? Or with regard to all human rights? (nt)

[harun]

6. I think we have a good balance of state choice vs. federal authority.

[Nikki Stone1]

8. So you're ok with the definition of marriage varying by state.

Hmmm

[cali]

11. Some things should be left up to the states. Not marriage equality

but for sure gun regulation.

[-..__...]

13. So...

States should be able to trump one right but not another?

Especially one that is enumerated in the Bill of Rights?

I don't think so... at least not as far as the 2nd amendment is concerned.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

14. Gay marriage should be legal in all states due to the Full Faith and Credit clause.

You get married and are straight. You move to another state, that state recognizes your marriage as valid. This should apply to gay marriage too, and eventually, with enough court decisions, it will.

[KamaAina]

32. And it would be if only Clinton had stood up to DOMA

:grr:

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Where I live you can buy and drink a beer in one county

but legally NOT do so 3 miles down the road in another county.
But didja ever notice cigarettes were/are legal in all the states and counties?
Smoking them, on the other hand, is restricted in some states, like Ca.
I don't drink or smoke but that is indeed insane.

[Nikki Stone1]

22. Imagine the poor tourists

They come to California and can buy hard liquor in the supermarket. Then they go to another state (like Virginia or Pennsylvania) where the state controls the sale of hard liquor in special stores that close early. Then they go to places that have completely dry towns (like the one you mention.)

Or they attend college in California where the gun laws are pretty strict. Then they visit friends at U of Arizona and watch the locals openly carrying every manner of gun. It's got to be confusing. And frightening.

[TxRider]

17. I don't see it as rediculous at all.

The federal government was set up with limited powers for good reason.

[Nikki Stone1]

23. So why don't we have different states that let you drive on different sides of the road?

The East Coast could be set up like Britain where everyone drives on the left, for example. That makes more sense than having marriage differ from state to state.

[paulsby]

27. states could allow driving on either side of the road

the feds would just deny them federal highways funds, though

[TxRider]

29. Why have states with different laws?

Well a landlocked state may want different oil drilling laws than one with a 1000 mile coast.

One that derives more income from coastal tourism might want different laws than one which doesn't in regards to offshore wind farms.

A state on the great lakes might want different water regulations than a desert state like Nevada.

A small state that is mostly urban, might want different highway laws than a state with thousands of miles of open country.

Move on to agriculture, ranching, aviation, taxes, education, health care, etc. etc. Different states have different economies, different cultures, different needs, different strengths, different weaknesses.

Having 50 models means we get to see results of 50 experiments and pick and choose what works best from watching the others.

I could go on for pages and pages...

Go over to Europe and tell every state in the euro union they should all adopt identical laws, identical systems, identical taxes between them all, I doubt you'll get very far.

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[Nikki Stone1]

25. That argument would have kept Jim Crow intact

And that's the problem with civil rights being subject to states' rights.

[TxRider]

30. And why we will always argue what should be under federal power.

And we should restrict it to what absolutely has to be.

[Heidi]

18. Recommended.

:kick:

[Mari333]

20. EXACTLY!!

mob rule to dictate civil rights issues is whats going on....WE NEED FEDERAL LAWS...!

KNR

[The2ndWheel]

28. Same thing on the larger stage

It's the same reason why the world can't agree on anything. Regional governments acting in their own interests.

Home vs Street. Street vs. Neighborhood. State vs. Country. Region vs. Globe. It's really just an inefficient game of tug of war. You know one side will win eventually, you just don't know which one.

[intheflow]

31. Oh, c'mon! State by state slavery laws worked just fine!

:sarcasm:

[struggle4progress]

33. You might not like the Federal laws you'd get. n/t