[billbears]

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State.--Federalist 45

Federalist 45

Contrary to big government social 'conservative' nanny statists, morality falls under the 'ordinary course of affairs' and concerns the 'lives, liberties, and properties of the people'

[Tailgunner Joe]

Contrary to big government social 'conservative' nanny statists, morality falls under the 'ordinary course of affairs' and concerns the 'lives, liberties, and properties of the people

So if states legislate morality, are they "nanny states" or does this epithet only apply to the federal government?

[G8 Diplomat]

Yeah but if the people don’t protect those moralities, someone has to. If the feds are all that’s left, so be it. I don’t think banning gay marriage on a federal level due to every states’ failure to do it is a nanny state.