Archive for SSM

One More On All Those Racist Libertarians Supporting Christian Bakers

As alluded to in my last post, Benny Lava (and he is hardly unique in this) kept suspecting that anybody who sided with the right of Christian bakers to not participate in gay weddings is probably a closet racist. I hope Benny never sees clips like this; his entire worldview would collapse.

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Rod Dreher Smells a Rat at Disney

Gene Callahan sent me this interesting article on Disney and the NFL threatening to boycott Georgia if its legislature passes a religious liberty bill that opponents say discriminates against gay people. The key takeaway: When you’ve lost Disney and the NFL — that is, when even Disney and the NFL consider “religious liberty” to be […]

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#LoveLoses, Again

Ah, I just saw someone who was really happy about the SCOTUS ruling retweet this from one of her fans. (In fairness, I should disclose she’s not a libertarian–in fact she actively mocks libertarians. But, I think even many pro-SCOTUS SSM ruling libertarians have similar views.) Again, the standard disclaimer: Just because some people loudly […]

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More On SSM From *Reason*

[UPDATE #2: Someone in the comments thought I was being too harsh on Dalmia, that she wasn’t necessarily contradicting her own past views on the subject. Yes, she was. See my update at the bottom of the post.] [UPDATE: The Tenth Amendment Center was similarly nonplussed by Dalmia’s article.] I was minding my own business, […]

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More Divisive Thoughts on the Supreme Court and SSM

[UPDATE: I made a few edits to my original version. The substantive changes are adding the points about Sheldon Richman’s and Bryan Caplan’s recent posts.] I really thought I was done writing on this topic, but the further comments by many libertarians compel me to speak. In the interest of brevity, I’m going to fire […]

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Quick Comment on SSM and I’ll Move On

If you want to see my thoughts, see FB. I want to make one quick comment here, but first, watch Obama: I am not shocked by libertarians saying, “On balance, I am glad this happened, though I totally understand people who are alarmed that consolidated federal power will end up destroying any prospects for liberty […]

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