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[lalla3]

The 10th Amendment states that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

So shouldn't that mean that things such as abortion, health care, and gay marriage be left for the state's to decide? Why are there federal laws that prohibit drugs or gay marriage? Shouldn't all this be left for the state's to decide?

Would you rather trust the few federal government elect to decide those for you the average citizen of the U.S? By the way, women suffrage, voting rights, and the banning of slavery was pretty much unanimous at that time. What's to say that it wouldn't be total unanimous now? Why not let the state decide what it wants to do?

If the people don't like it, they don''t have to live there.

[elkan80]

Amen brother. Amen.

Though there are probably a few select issues that should be nationally recognized no matter what. Voting rights and stuff like that.

[teithi71]

No. 14th Amendment makes states follow Bill of Rights. So if Mississippi wanted to ban miscegenation, why should they? People should have rights no matter which state they travel to. States should have rights but not in people's personal lives. Federal laws don't prohibit gay marriage, BTW. It is up to the states, even though Prop 8 in California may make it to the Supreme Court.

[hob97]

no