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That's a very American attitude, one that, as a Canadian, I simply can't understand. It always strikes me as odd that Americans prefer a system in which each s

That's a very American attitude, one that, as a Canadian, I simply can't understand. It always strikes me as odd that Americans prefer a system in which each state has almost total control, up to and including its own constitution. You're left with things like California being insolvent and practically unsalvageable, Arizona mandating racial profiling and giving retarded cowboys like Arpaio free reign, Kansas banning science, most everywhere banning gay marriage... it's just a very strange and haphazard system. My best friend in high school was from San Francisco and his father hated our system, saying we had ceded all our freedom to the federal government, were socialists, and all manner of other invectives. Given how messed up everything is down there, I wouldn't really be complaining.

IanDrake 15y ago
>most everywhere banning gay marriage... And thus my point. I live in MA, where it's legal, and the world didn't end and God didn't smite us. This "experiment", if done at the federal level, wouldn't have happened for another decade because the country is still split. Now people can point to MA and say, see this works. Gay marriage laws are literally spreading from MA outward. So, if you're gay move to MA, if you're appalled by the idea move out. If you're of Hispanic decent move away from Arizona. If you don't like super irresponsible government spending, move out of California. Either way, you're still an American and you have choice.