Commentary on the passage of Prop 8 in California

[guido911]

Those damned nutjobs who are completely out of touch with the mainstream (wait, its California), and prop 8/DOMA heading to the Supremes. See, this is how the process works with controversial issues, and it happens in other states besides Oklahoma.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/07/us-usa-court-gaymarriage-idUSBRE8B617420121207

I am perplexed why the high court took the case, but am interested to find out. Very far reaching implications perhaps, beyond marriage. Could be some new states rights law coming down.

[Gaspar]

Those damned nutjobs who are completely out of touch with the mainstream (wait, its California), and prop 8/DOMA heading to the Supremes. See, this is how the process works with controversial issues, and it happens in other states besides Oklahoma.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/07/us-usa-court-gaymarriage-idUSBRE8B617420121207

I am perplexed why the high court took the case, but am interested to find out. Very far reaching implications perhaps, beyond marriage. Could be some new states rights law coming down.

California has a small population o Liberal Elite (Progressives) that live in/on government.  It has a larger population of people who have found themselves dependent and supportive of this social system, keeping the elite in power. . .BUT the vast majority of the population is made up of hard working men and women with conservative social values, and immigrants with even stronger conservative social values.  Many have belief systems that recognize MARRIAGE as a religious bond instead of a simple "civil union."

As a libertarian I think that marriage is an issue outside of government, so this whole argument is silly. . .but it is nonetheless important, because personal freedom has become so tied to our 7,000 page tax code, and therefore finance laws, and therefore privacy laws that we find ourselves in a position where we have given up the freedom of how we choose to live our lives to government.  If gay marriage is wrong, let the individuals engaged in it discover that, it shouldn't' be legislated by others if it causes no harm to others.

Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property. – Lysander Spooner

At least this represents an excellent opportunity to teach another libertarian lesson.

The office of the government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. – William Ellery Channing

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner. – James Fenimore Cooper