that article is from 2003, I dont know if the LP was open yet about their platform of immoral depravity.
Here's your chance to find out: the Feb. 12 2003 version of the LP platform is at http://web.archive.org/web/20030212164002/http://www.lp.org/issues/platform/platform_all.html.
Immigration We hold that human rights should not be denied or abridged on the basis of nationality and welcome all refugees to our country.
Must have them drugs! There's a lot more about legalizing all drugs but anyone who wants to find it can easily.
The War on Drugs is a grave threat to individual liberty, to domestic order, and to peace in the world.
Pro abotion, as I noted above. There can be people of "good faith" who want unborn babies killed??!
Recognizing that abortion is a very sensitive issue and that people, including libertarians, can hold good-faith views on both sides, we believe the government should be kept out of the question.
Not enough prostitution - gotta take away that nasty stigma - what a great way for daughters, sisters and mothers - heck, and wives - it would be legal - to make good honest money!!! Oh - or brothers, sons, fathers as well. Take away all nasty stigmas!
the repeal of all laws regarding consensual sexual relations, including prostitution and solicitation,
Here's the pro-homo stuff, they spelled it out a lot more clearly a few years later and explicity supported HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY, FAG MARRIAGE, FAG ADOPTION AND FOSTERING OF CHILDREN!
and the cessation of state oppression and harassment of homosexual men and women, that they, at last, be accorded their full rights as individuals;
Of course in a really "free" society there should be no laws whatsoever limiting pornography in the slightest:
the repeal of all laws regulating or prohibiting the possession, use, sale, production, or distribution of sexually explicit material, independent of "socially redeeming value" or compliance with "community standards";
Obscenity, including "pornography", as we hold this to be an abridgment of liberty of expression despite claims that it instigates rape or assault, or demeans and slanders women;
Oh cute - more gambling, too!
the repeal of all laws regulating or prohibiting gambling;
Not enough suicides! Gotta have more people offing themselves - and the below would also obviously make it legal to "help" people do something legal!
the repeal of all laws interfering with the right to commit suicide as infringements of the ultimate right of an individual to his or her own life.
Their pro-illegal immigration stance is so insane I must copy the whole thing (BTW their webiste is extremely repetitive and redudant):
Immigration
We hold that human rights should not be denied or abridged on the basis of nationality. We condemn massive roundups of Hispanic Americans and others by the federal government in its hunt for individuals not possessing required government documents. We strongly oppose all measures that punish employers who hire undocumented workers. Such measures repress free enterprise, harass workers, and systematically discourage employers from hiring Hispanics.
We welcome all refugees to our country and condemn the efforts of U.S. officials to create a new "Berlin Wall" which would keep them captive. We condemn the U.S. government's policy of barring those refugees from our country and preventing Americans from assisting their passage to help them escape tyranny or improve their economic prospects.
Undocumented non-citizens should not be denied the fundamental freedom to labor and to move about unmolested. Furthermore, immigration must not be restricted for reasons of race, religion, political creed, age, or sexual preference.
We therefore call for the elimination of all restrictions on immigration, the abolition of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Border Patrol, and a declaration of full amnesty for all people who have entered the country illegally. We oppose government welfare and resettlement payments to non-citizens just as we oppose government welfare payments to all other persons.
Libertarianism equates license and tacit legal support of every vice to equal freedom. They are wrong. And Libertarians, large L or small, who believe in and espouse the LP platform have no understanding of human nature or the meaning of the Constitution.
And to make it very simple and clear, here are the parts of the LP that I pointed out above that make it an insane political philosophy:
Pro Abortion
Pro all drugs
Pro legalized prostituion
Pro no holds barred pornography
Pro all homo-agenda (not stated clearly in 2002 but was made clear a few years later)
Pro open borders with everyone from any country (and any "orientation") welcomed to the US with open arms, without any restrictions or oversight.