so i'm thinking of voting republican

[Emu]

Oh no, I know you weren't equating them, but my point is that there is constitutional basis for banning pedophilic behavior (because it violates the autonomy of the child) while there's really none for banning medical marijuana, and plenty against it (it's like banning vicodin or any other strong prescription med.) Romney could've easily said "I don't support lowering the age of consent" and walked away and there would be no argument, not because there's a consensus on the grossness of it but because there's a moral precedent on which that position can be based. Which isn't the case with medical marijuana. It has the potential to help a lot of people and harm very few (how often do people die of marijuana OD? How many car crashes, say, are associated with self-medicating cancer patients who are DUI?)

My point is that I don't see it as a "trap." Romney could've said any number of things, and I don't think he said anything that's flat out wrong on its face, but more a neutral statement, and I don't think that's the kind of quality a president should have when faced with a difficult issue, even for something so fleeting as that.

FYI, I've never smoked marijuana in my life. I've never even smelled it. :[