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Rudy Calls for Truce in Culture Wars

Leave social issues to the states, candidates argues

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 26, 2007 5:00 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Giuliani may be running as a terrorist slayer, but what sets him apart is his plan to leave social issues up to the states, says LA Times columnist Ronald Brownstein. Localizing gay marriage, gun control and even abortion decisions would allow states to make policies that reflect the proclivities of their citizens.

That, in turn, would allow a truce in the national culture wars, the candidate argues. Brownstein notes that this social federalism also allows Rudy to reconcile his own moderate views with the conservative framework of the GOP.  But the columnist likes Rudy as peacemaker on the domestic front, not by carrying a big stick, but by allowing "a lot of room for difference."

A child holds aloft a sign reading Stop abortion during a march in support of traditional family values in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, May 20, 2007. Hundreds of Poles marched through Warsaw on Sunday in support of traditional family values, a day after thousands turned out for the capital's annual gay...
A child holds aloft a sign reading "Stop abortion" during a march in support of traditional family values in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, May 20, 2007. Hundreds of Poles marched through Warsaw on Sunday in...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the 2007 South Carolina Fire-Rescue Convention Friday, July 20, 2007, at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
Republican presidential hopeful and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the 2007 South Carolina Fire-Rescue Convention Friday, July 20, 2007, at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, in Myrtle...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani speaks to a group in San Francisco, Monday, July 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani speaks to a group in San Francisco, Monday, July 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
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