[Nowhere Man]

You are still playing games. Libertarians do not as a group ADVOCATE these issues. They allow them to be discussed and chosen OR NOT!

I think the point is we need to ask on a Federal level, "what would the Constitution say?" I think on almost all social matters, the Constitution would be silent and leave such things up to the States (as long as it does not violate the Constitution itself) or the people themselves. Take same-sex marriage, under our system you'd have States that would allow it legally, not allow it legally or just leave it to the people and not get involved. That's the ideal situation.

[Chickensoup]

I think the point is we need to ask on a Federal level, “what would the Constitution say?” I think on almost all social matters, the Constitution would be silent and leave such things up to the States (as long as it does not violate the Constitution itself) or the people themselves. Take same-sex marriage, under our system you’d have States that would allow it legally, not allow it legally or just leave it to the people and not get involved. That’s the ideal situation.

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Well-put!

[ansel12]

Take same-sex marriage, under our system you'd have States that would allow it legally, not allow it legally or just leave it to the people and not get involved. That's the ideal situation.

That is a fantasy.

It ignores that the feds also have to deal with marriage issues and always have, and it denies the reality that states recognize each other's marriages, and that once it started, gay marriage became a reality for all states.

Only 9 states "allow" the concept of common law marriage, yet all 50 states and the federal government recognize them, as long as they were legal in their original state.