8/17/2019 A Hopscotch Country is Unacceptable

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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 thatwould 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 quicest ways to bring even more instability to this country.

!aving no constant for an entire country is maing the lives of the people who live in the states difficult, "ust becauseof where they live. #or e$ample, in the case of marriage equality, if it were legal for a same%se$ couple to get married in

Maryland, but not in &irginia, but again in 'hio, 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.

 *ot having a federal constant will mae this country unstable, and Rubio+s idea of states+ rights would almost tae us bac to the times of the rticles of -onfederation, our failed first attempt at maing a government in the nited States. There was

no continuity from state to state, and very quicly, the federal government couldn+t control the states because of the power they

had given them in trust. If there+s anything the rticles of -onfederation taught us, it+s that it+s impossible to find friendship between states that are violently opposed to the policies of each other.

!illary -linton has sworn to support minority rights and wor on controversial issues, though Rubio dodged them through the

/01T2 benefit held Thursday. She will hold a constant rule over the country, giving minorities the right to live no matter where

they are.