It has been said that political issues are dealt with either at the soap box, the ballot box, or the bullet box.

Such legislation at the state level seems to be largely a soap box exercise. Simply put, if push ever comes to shove will the state government and the state's population actually support open confrontation of federal authority? Is the governor prepared to mobilize the National Guard, and perhaps call up a state militia, for the purpose of resisting federal forces in implementing the objectionable federal laws?

I am happy to see several states enacting such laws, thus sending a strong message to the Washington, DC crowd that they are approaching a line in the sand on the Constitution and federalism. I would NOT be happy to see a reenactment of the events leading up to the Civil War.

I continue to hope that such issues can be dealt with at the soap box, and the ballot box, perhaps even in the courts, rather than see us reaching for the bullet box.