Most recent public comments by Samantha Huerta https://nowcomment.com/users/15631 https://nowcomment.com/documents/37888?scroll_to=365091 https://nowcomment.com/documents/37888?scroll_to=365091 This statement says that some states have independently legalized gay marriage and that the vast majority has not and overall, it should be left to the ballot box. This could be interpreted two ways. One, that would mean that each state individually chooses if gay marriage should be legalized or not. Two, that the whole nation takes a vote on whether gay marriage should be legalized. The problem with the former is that if each state individually made the decision, the full faith and credit clause would be absolutely meaningless because anti-gay states would not accept the marriage if a couple were to move to that state. To keep the full faith and credit clause alive, they would have to legalize gay marriage everywhere. The problem with the latter as fellow classmates have already said is that minorities are protected and the entire purpose and reassurance of the Constitution was that the majority would not overrule the minorities. Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:45:20 -0400