States are fucking dumb. If we had it thier way in my state Lgbtq people wouldnt be able to voteThe thing is, I would argue that that's a great reason why America should look to strengthen their state governments rather than relying on the federal government to do everything. Take something like the minimum wage - it's really nonsensical for that to be a federal issue because cost of living varies dramatically from state to state and so pretending to have a one size fits all solution doesn't make a heap of sense.
I guess one of the problems is the idea of 'state's rights' has been so poisoned by the Confederacy and them using it as a excuse to be awful and argue for slavery.