Too bad that Paul isn’t running for governor of a state, he is running for president, the federal government, so you can drop that phony fig leaf, as can the weaselly Rand Paul.
Gay marriage and abortion have a huge presence in federal law.
Gay marriage from the military to federal employment, to immigration and foreign policy and at the U.N., and abortion in federal hospitals and on military bases and in foreign policy and at the U.N..
The president and the federal government have great public influence on these issues, when FBI men and the Military have gay marriage nationally, then the argument among the voters of individual states is close to over.
Politically, this is so. However, it seems to me that culturally, the mass of the people are in denial. They carry on with weddings and marriages as if nothing has changed. So, you could say we are entering an interesting phase.