What penalties? Did I say 'penalties' anywhere?
And what gives you the right to dictate how a community of amish people will live their lives? What gives me the right to tell the city of Los Angeles that they must remove the cross from their city seal? If the ACLU decides that all religion must be expunged from the public square, I guarantee it will use the federal government to enforce that tyranny.
We MUST return control of the local communities to the local communities. We MUST return control of the states to the states. Those right not SPECIFICALLY enumerated within the constitution must be granted to the States and the Individual respectively. Specifically does not mean 'prenumberances' either.
Well, obviously, I have no right personally. However, as a greater society we have a great deal to say about how the Amish live their lives. Ask the Mormons about sticky religious practices that were proscribed across the country.
We MUST return control of the local communities to the local communities. We MUST return control of the states to the states. Those right not SPECIFICALLY enumerated within the constitution must be granted to the States and the Individual respectively. Specifically does not mean 'prenumberances' either.
I've had this argument with many, many a Southern type, and the answer remains the same: There is no going back. For good or for bad, state citizenship means little in the 21st century. In the early 20th century, according to the census's then, most people still died within 50 miles of their birth. Today, chances are you'll live in at least 3 states in your lifetime.
You can argue the philosphy back and forth until the cows come home, but that won't do a damned thing to turn back the clock and erode the growing national citizenship at the expense of a diminished state citizenship. IBM, Oil companies, the military, et al will still continue to move their people to and fro. The population of many states will continue to include more out of staters (and even foreign born) that natives. It's just a fact of modern day life.