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Glenn Reynolds is a libertarian duh. Of course he favors the widest interpretation of personal freedoms. Unlike a liberal, who wants the state to run our lives.

(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)

But if he were a true libertarian he would ask what the heck government's doing sticking its nose in the business of marriage at all, homosexual OR heterosexual. I love the guy (I don't have to agree with him 100% to like hearing what he has to say) but he's not always consistent. (But then, who among us is?) I do wish he'd say: How about let's fix this by just enforcing whatever legal contracts anybody wants to enter into with anybody of their choosing, for whatever reason, and let the priests and rabbis and such handle the niceties of determining who within their respective flocks are "married"? The truth is, there are already sufficient legal instruments available to homosexuals that they can enjoy (or suffer, depending on your perspective) the benefits & strictures of marriage, just without the title of "Marriage" on the top of the page of their contracts, right?

"Glenn Reynolds is a libertarian duh. Of course he favors the widest interpretation of personal freedoms. Unlike a liberal, who wants the state to run our lives".

Well said! And I really don't understand those who want to leave the concept of "marraige" in the hands of politicians, period. It's flat-out, none of their business -- and they are attempting define something that many if not most of them aren't even good at (Teddy Kennedy? Hillary Clinton?). Politicians don't belong in our adult bedrooms, telling us what is or isn't OK, nor should they have the right to tell us who we should choose as a lifetime partner -- or even that we have to accept "gay marriage" if politicans choose to OK it. Defining "marraige" is the job of priests, ministers and rabbis -- not politicians. Here is where there truly should be "a seperation of Church and State" -- and in fact, there really isn't. The only thing that we, as citizens, owe the State and they owe us, is recognition of a "legal partnership" and equal obligation of the partners to care for any offspring. That's it. Otherwise, they should mind their own business! I am a Christian. I am not gay. It is simply a matter of principle -- the principle of freedom!