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Ahem.

My Constitution says the states and the people decide anything not given to the federal government.

So why is Cato taking an anti-libertarian position?

Ya know, folks, I like Cato working with John Stossel and pushing the ideas of Milton Friedman...but when they team up with liberals to endorse judicial activism from judges, it just makes me sick.

I'll keep donating to the Heritage Foundation, and maybe the Acton Institute.

1 posted on 06/13/2010 2:38:39 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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What is his stand on polygamists? Do they not have the same rights?

Not advocating for that, just trying to illustrate the ramifications of such reasoning.

Polyandy and Polyamorists, too, should be allowed to “marry” according to his logic. Also adult relatives.


31 posted on 06/13/2010 3:31:38 PM PDT by Persevero (Replace Howard Dean with Alvin Greene!)
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Why is CATO so stacked with these "couples" bigots?

What's wrong with a good old-fashioned marriage of one guy and 50 to 100 women?

34 posted on 06/13/2010 3:44:42 PM PDT by muawiyah
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The purpose of marriage is to encourage and promote safe home lives for kids. Nothing more. Since when to gay adults need that?


35 posted on 06/13/2010 3:48:04 PM PDT by Tax Government (Don't vote commie unless you ask your mommy.)
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Ditto. Perhaps there is a reason that Washington insiders call it the Gayto Institute. I used to go to excellent lunchtime lectures, but it’s been at least fifteen years since I last went.


38 posted on 06/13/2010 4:33:30 PM PDT by crusher (Political Correctness: Stalinism Without the Charm)
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Looks like the gay mafia has taken over the CATO Institute.


44 posted on 06/13/2010 5:26:29 PM PDT by o2bfree (This president is giving me a headache!)
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46 posted on 06/13/2010 5:33:16 PM PDT by little jeremiah
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Unfortunately when they start using loaded lofty terms like “equality for everyone” they leave the realm of honest debate. Of course everyone is equal in this country and everyone has the same right to marry — period. What they don’t have is the right to make new rules for marriage.

I say they are discriminating against me in California for not allowing me to live in love and happiness with a 50 caliber BMG rifle of my choosing. How dare anyone define what love is for me? I have a right to drive like every other adult, so why won’t they let me drive the way I love, in reverse on sidewalks at 80 mph?

If they want to make an argument for gay marriage they have every right to do so, but please spare us the specious “equality” argument.


48 posted on 06/13/2010 6:35:30 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (Now can we forget about that old rum-runner Joe Kennedy and his progeny of philandering drunks?)
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This is stupid for one simple reason - it relies on an entirely absurd premise, namely, that there is an equivalence between the effect of the old miscegenation laws - which made it illegal for persons of different races to even cohabit together under intimate circumstances - and the effect of existing marriage laws which simply do not treat a queer couple as being "married". The signal difference is this: there is not a single law in effect that prohibits queers from cohabiting as intimately as they wish to; as such, the old cases such as Loving v. Virginia are simply not applicable, for the very simple reason that they are distinguishable on their facts.


50 posted on 06/13/2010 7:10:58 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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Speaking as an ex-Lib who moved right THROUGH libertarianism I must remind you that libertarians are NOT conservatives. The are generally as likely to support leftoids as they are us.


52 posted on 06/14/2010 7:22:10 AM PDT by NucSubs ( Cognitive dissonance: Conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between beliefs and actions)
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So why is Cato taking an anti-libertarian position?

The fellows at the Libertarian Party stink tank, the Cato Institute, are following Party lines ver batim.

Homosexuality, abortion, pornography, prostitution, recreational drugs, open borders, and "Free Trade", they got it all.
Their platform says it all, starting with their preamble: "As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others." Look at the attached link and see if God is mentioned anywhere in it. You'll then realize that their preamble should say "As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others, including God's."
Link to LP Platform

You're wise to stick with the CONSERVATIVE Heritage Foundation and Acton Institute.

53 posted on 06/14/2010 7:32:00 AM PDT by aSeattleConservative
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