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Is Obama to the right of Beck, or vice-versa?
Both the right and left couch their opposition to gay marriage in terms of religion, despite the fact that marriage is, and has pretty much always been, statutory.
The state legislatures of this country have ruled on a state-by-state basis who can (and, by implication, can’t) get married. And those laws vary widely without any reference to religious dogma. Just ask any 13-year-old first cousins who need their parents’ signatures to procreate a family of single-eyebrow progeny.
Ignoring the statutory basis for marriage has caused confusion between the political right and the political left.
The political right, in the instance of gay marriage, should be defined by those conservatives and libertarians who clamor for states’ rights. In the traditional conservative model of federalism, each state would be free to define marriage any way it likes.
Unfortunately, too many of these erstwhile conservatives clamor for states’ rights with great vigor, until some liberal state legislature disagrees with them on the substance of the legislation that is passed. That has led many of them, ironically, to adopt the political left’s position on states rights — that is, an endorsement of federal mandates overruling state action. In this case, a federal ban on same-sex marriage.
Beck is on the “right” on this issue and should invite Obama and Clinton over.
Rick Robinson is the author of political thrillers which can be purchased on Amazon and at book stores everywhere. His latest novel, Manifest Destiny has won seven writing awards, including Best Fiction at the Paris Book Festival.
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