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To: RandFan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_perspectives_on_LGBT_rights#United_States

Libertarian Party
In 1972, John Hospers, who was widely believed to be gay (although not openly so),[5] ran for President as the Libertarian Party’s first presidential candidate.[6][7]

In 1975, Ralph Raico helped to create the Libertarian For Gay Rights caucus within the party and subsequently published Gay Rights: A Libertarian Approach.

The second LGBT rights organization to operate from a libertarian perspective was the Libertarians for Gay and Lesbian Concerns. The organization held its first national convention in 1985 and sought to promote libertarianism to LGBT Americans.[8]

In 1998, Outright Libertarians was formed. Outright Libertarians are also affiliated with the Libertarian Party and takes many of the same position that the Libertarians for Gay and Lesbian Concerns did in the 1980s.

In 2009, the Libertarian Party came out against H.R. 1913, a proposed hate crime bill that would add to the federal hate crime statute the categories of sexual orientation, gender identity and disability. The reason the Libertarian Party opposed the proposed hate crimes bill was because it would violate equal justice under the law by creating different classes of victims for the same crime. The Libertarian Party also accused legislators of attempting to buy the support of the LGBT community while still opposing same-sex marriage and repealing Don’t ask, don’t tell.[9]

In 2013, the Libertarian Party applauded the Supreme Court’s decision United States v. Windsor to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional. The Libertarian Party has supported same-sex marriage since its founding in 1971.[10]


28 posted on 07/15/2020 8:12:38 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: a fool in paradise

I think we should all be opposed to “hate crime” laws ....

The LP are right to oppose them.

Prosecutors use them for what their not intended for..


29 posted on 07/15/2020 8:16:36 PM PDT by RandFan (3C)
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To: a fool in paradise

David Boaz is another example.


80 posted on 07/16/2020 9:34:47 PM PDT by Pelham ( Mary McCord, Sally Yates and Michael Atkinson all belong in prison.)
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