states' issue?

"Same-sex unions are an issue for states to decide, [Mike] Fitzpatrick said" (Morning Call).

"the kind of federalism we increasingly have is not one of state legislatures but of state judiciaries....we need a federal marriage amendment" (Princeton Professor Robert George and David Tubbs).

"The days of socially acceptable Christianity are over...
Powerful forces and currents in our society press us to be ashamed of the Gospel—ashamed of the good, ashamed of our faith’s teachings on the sanctity of human life in all stages and conditions, ashamed of our faith’s teachings on marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife...Do not be ashamed of the Gospel. Never be ashamed of the Gospel"(Robert George at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast).