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The Incoherent Libertarian Position on Marriage
The Ruth Institute ^ | May 18, 2011 | Jennifer Roback Morse

Posted on 05/19/2011 1:31:15 AM PDT by AustralianConservative

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To: cdcdawg

I think some libertarians are just closet socialists. Is it a coincidence that they’re always looking to socialist European designer family experiments to implement here?


21 posted on 05/19/2011 4:11:07 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
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To: EternalVigilance

That is a reference to history for state intervention in marriage, but it goes back much further than that. I guess I will do my own research, but God-given institutions seem to me to be mainly the province of the Church, not the government. I’ve never understood why atheists marry. It makes no sense at all to me. As marriage has become more of a civil matter than a religious matter, marriage has suffered as an institution, at least in my humble opinion.


22 posted on 05/19/2011 7:43:46 PM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: AustralianConservative

I think there is a problem with that line of reasoning. It has to do with the size and scope of government. Libertarians and socialists appear to be polar opposites when it comes to that rather crucial issue, no?


23 posted on 05/19/2011 7:46:08 PM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: cdcdawg

The natural law is the basis for our republic.

Children have a right to be brought up according to nature, not perversion.


24 posted on 05/19/2011 8:29:10 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (GOP mantra: 'Repeal and replace.' Translation? 'We can do socialism better than the Democrats.')
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To: AustralianConservative

The Incoherent Libertarian Position on ___________.

Good for all social issues.


25 posted on 05/22/2011 8:50:55 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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