Thank you Nathan Newman for stating it clearly:
why don't they [The New York Times] emphasize the ONLY issue where conservatives want "states rights", which is the traditional area of supporting discrimination by state governments without interference by federal courts. An enterprising reporter would actually go down to the conservative agenda and, by process of elimination of those areas where the GOP supports federal power, reveal that gutting the 14th Amendment's commitment to non-discrimination if [sic] the only "principled" federalist position by the conservative movement.
He is talking about this article concerning the Schiavo case. You can read Nathan's more detailed version of why this is so here.
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