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Originally Posted by pan6467
My view is that when enough communities within a state and enough people petition for a law, like that, it is the state's responsibility to put it to vote. To me a vote on an issue such as this is far, far different than the state just saying "you cannot smoke in public places."
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But when enough communities within a state and enough people petition for a federal representative, and that representative chosen by the people passes a federal law with the help of other representatives chosen by the people - in fact, a
majority of representatives chosen by the people - that's a problem? Why are state representatives more worthy of being recognized as chosen by the people than federal representatives?
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Like gay marriage, I really don't believe in the vast majority that this is an issue. It only becomes an issue when you take it out of the people's hands and give that right to decide to the Fed. or state. Then, it becomes just a dictation and not a consensus of the people's will. Dictations people resent, letting the people vote and decide allows them the feeling of being heard.
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You're right, gay marriage is not an issue to the vast majority of people (about 90%). It's those ~10% of people - the gay population - who care a great deal about gay marriage because it is the government - state or otherwise - making a value judgment about their relationship. You have yet to explain to me why state's can't choose whether or not to allow interracial marriage, but can choose whether or not to allow gay marriage. Neither situation is covered under the US constitution.