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The Libertarian View on Marriage Equality

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Gay MarriageSix states and the District of Columbia have legalized gay marriage. Most so-called liberals are happy about that. Most conservatives are not. As a libertarian, I think all consenting adults who want to commit to a life partner ought to be treated the same way.

To air this issue on my Fox Business show, I invited Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage () and David Harsanyi, libertarian columnist at The Blaze.

Brown says gay marriage threatens marriage between a man and a woman. I asked him to explain.

Full Story from Fox News

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NY: Staten Islanders Have Mixed Views on Marriage Equality

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

State Senator Andrew Lanza, who holds a crucial vote on the same-sex marriage bill being considered in Albany, represents a Staten Island constituency with a higher percentage of Republicans than is found in New York City’s other boroughs.

What do the constituents of Senator Lanza, a Republican, think of the bill? We took a sampling of about a dozen voters there on Friday and came up with a mix of supporters and opponents.

Jack and Anne Marie Deuble said they supported the bill, despite feeling pressure, as Roman Catholics, to oppose it. Mrs. Deuble cautioned, “You know, it’s not easy being married — did they think about that?” Her husband, Jack Deuble, also a supporter of the bill, joked, “At this point, let them get married — let them suffer like the rest of us.”

Full Story from the NY Times

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