The Current Example of Hypocrisy In America

I need your help and opinion on this one.
check this out...

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A U.S. judge in Boston has ruled that a federal gay marriage ban is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define marriage...
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Then you get this story from earlier in the week..

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A federal judge is looking at a case involving the Justice Department suing Arizona, asserting that the state's recently signed immigration law SB 1070 conflicts with federal law stating " federal immigration laws do not permit the development of a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout the country."
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Regardless if you;re for or against gay marriage; regardless if you're for or against the Arizona Immigration Law, can you see the hypocrisy in this? So it's OK for a state to usurp the feds if they're wanting to allow gay marriage but not OK for a state to ask those suspected or charged with a crime is they're a US citizen? Am I wrong or not seeing the clear picture here?

What say you?