It's my knowledge that the Cato Institute is hard left on social issues - while supporting libertarian economic policies.
Libertarians ARE “left” on “social issues”, ie, they are libertines. They believe in no laws restricting individual behavior as long as that behavior doesn’t affect others.
Unfortunately, most “victimless” behaviors DO have an effect on others.
Personally, I think if we’d go about one generation where there were no “social programs” that alleviated the consequences for dumbass personal behaviorial decisions, there wouldn’t need to be any laws regarding those behaviors.