To: MinnesotaLibertarian
By making marriage a legal right, that leaves the courts fairly wide sway in deciding what all the ramifications of that right are. A) It's not a right.
B)The limits of the privilege are defined by the People, through their representatives.
If you are a libertarian, you should be first in line to deny courts any power to intervene in matters of this nature - legislation by a tiny, unrepresentative minority is the ultimate in anti-Liberty action.
167 posted on
05/15/2008 1:45:45 PM PDT by
Jim Noble
(ride 'em like you stole 'em)
To: Jim Noble
If you are a libertarian, you should be first in line to deny courts any power to intervene in matters of this nature - legislation by a tiny, unrepresentative minority is the ultimate in anti-Liberty action.
I definitely AM against the courts intervening. However, I'm also raising the larger question of whether government should be involved at all, especially in a day and age when courts re-write laws as they see fit.
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