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Statistical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 11:03 AM
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1. The reality is no true libertarian can be against same sex marriage.
Edited on Sun Aug-08-10 11:28 AM by Statistical
It is a logical fallacy.

Olson does lay out the arguments very well.
I always thought that marriage inequality would be found to violate equal protection under the law (eventually).

Marriage goes way way way way beyond a union of two people. It affect taxation, inheritance, insurance, wealth, etc. It is simply IMPOSSIBLE to have a system where one subset of the population is subject to reduced rights and be equal under the law.
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  -Ted Olsen explains the Constitutional case for gay marriage Onlooker  Aug-08-10 10:55 AM   #0 
  - The reality is no true libertarian can be against same sex marriage.  Statistical   Aug-08-10 11:03 AM   #1 
  - As a single person  Duckhunter935   Aug-08-10 11:12 AM   #3 
     - However you have the right and OPTION to marry.  Statistical   Aug-08-10 11:21 AM   #4 
  - I wonder if we could win an election that took away Fox News' freedom of speech  Gman   Aug-08-10 11:03 AM   #2 
  - Ted Olson was Bush's solicitor general  ibegurpard   Aug-08-10 11:23 AM   #5 
  - Read my post #6. I felt the same as you do, but I've changed  napi21   Aug-08-10 11:35 AM   #7 
  - He's done more for gay equality than the Constitutional Scholar in the White House.  Bluebear   Aug-08-10 02:42 PM   #9 
     - True.  stevedeshazer   Aug-08-10 02:47 PM   #10 
        - A perfect analogy, friend.  Bluebear   Aug-08-10 02:51 PM   #11 
  - I've changed my mind about Ted Olsen. I detested his client  napi21   Aug-08-10 11:32 AM   #6 
  - same here  Laughing Mirror   Aug-08-10 02:37 PM   #8 
  - kick  Bluebear   Aug-08-10 05:37 PM   #12 
  - it's obvious that faux news is against gay marriage...wallace goes way beyond devil's advocate  spanone   Aug-08-10 05:45 PM   #13 
  - Has Ted Olsen really changed?  applegrove   Aug-08-10 10:58 PM   #14 
 

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