Your are either free to do something....or the state license you to do something...if the state can show compelling reason to be involved in license
..But that reason should then logically both allow some and denied other.
When you see a so call "libertarian" wanting the state involved...its really lib wanting the state to impose something ....like gay marriage
You hit the nail on the head: Your are either free to do something....or the state license you to do something...if the state can show compelling reason to be involved in license.
I for one am willing to note I don’t have all the answers. Sometimes, not even a well thought out question :D
As a (L), the ‘knee-jerk’ reply/reaction is “get gov’t out of...”. ‘Marriage’ *may* be one of the areas where it is counter to that ideal (and, I could prob. prattle off a 100+ here it IS not counter to that ideal).
Ultimately, and unfortunately, we’ve allowed govt to ‘social engineer’ by using an (illegal) taxing system: benefits for one group not available to another; when we are all to be equal.
IMO, it is the above that has (finally) filtered down to this level (rotting from the head down??).
Do children grow in dishes? Then they still have a ‘mother’ and a ‘father’.
Spousal immunity? Here I see no contention before man/woman, MW+, MM. Either they are ‘recognized’ as spouses (contractually) or they are not.
...again, at least I know I don’t know all the answers. Still, Freedom, Liberty and ‘hands-off’ govt should be the START of any/all debate. Show cause, explain the reasons and the why govt involvement.