The argument that most issues should be resolved at the state level is based on the proximity to the problems. The people who are closest to the situation have the best information about it and are thus best qualified to resolve it. It is an observation that doesn’t work for every issue, but you have to admit that it makes sense in many situations.
Several prominent red states, however, have preempted the ability of municipal governments to deal with hot button ideological issues. Proximity to problems, it seems, is only a valid argument when it is applied against the federal government.