A HOPSCOTCH COUNTRY IS UNACCEPTABLE

In his policy speech from Tuesday, Senator and Republican Presidential candidate Marco Rubio said that he would
allow states to decide on affairs such as abortion and marriage equality by themselves instead of having a federal law in place that
would cover the entire country. In my capacity as a former Senator, I understand that allowing states to decide such important and
controversial issues is one of the quickest ways to bring even more instability to this country.
Having no constant for an entire country is making the lives of the people who live in the states difficult, just because
of where they live. For example, in the case of marriage equality, if it were legal for a same-sex couple to get married in
Maryland, but not in Virginia, but again in Ohio, but again not in Tennessee, then the rights for the same person vary from state to
state. The person is effectively hopscotching from state to state, trying to find a home where it is legal for them to marry, while
traditional couples have the right no matter where they live.
Not having a federal constant will make this country unstable, and Rubios idea of states rights would almost take us
back to the times of the Articles of Confederation, our failed first attempt at making a government in the United States. There was
no continuity from state to state, and very quickly, the federal government couldnt control the states because of the power they
had given them in trust. If theres anything the Articles of Confederation taught us, its that its impossible to find friendship
between states that are violently opposed to the policies of each other.
Hillary Clinton has sworn to support minority rights and work on controversial issues, though Rubio dodged them through the
LGBT+ benefit held Thursday. She will hold a constant rule over the country, giving minorities the right to live no matter where
they are.