The Constitutional Case for Marriage Equality

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On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage in more than a dozen states in the case of Loving v. Virginia. Today, the highest court in the United States may soon take on the issue of marriage equality for gay and lesbian relationships. Attorneys David Boies and Theodore B. Olson are hoping the case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger will further establish marriage as a fundamental right of citizenship. Also featured are John Podesta, President of the Center for American Progress, Cato Institute Chairman Robert A. Levy and Cato Executive Vice President David Boaz.

Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg. Event footage shot by Evan Banks.

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• gay marriage
• marriage equality
• loving v. virginia
• supreme court
• david boies
• ted olson
• theodore b. olson
• robert a. levy
• david boaz
• cato institute
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• hayek auditorium
• center for american progress
• john podesta

[romeodublin]

35 dislikes? 35 people watching this video are irrational.

[MrPinkcarpet]

WOW - what a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing these wise words with the world. best wishes in your fight for full equality and nothing less.

[firstatheist]

@DeltaHulk

Marriage is simply a secular contract between two consenting adults endorsed by the state. This includes homosexuals.

Basket and football are games invented for recreation and have nothing to do with a couple contracting a relationship before the state. Your analogy doesn't hold up nor does it inform the subject under discussion.

[DeltaHulk]

@firstatheist Actually the better parody would be: people of any race can play basketball, people of any gender can play basketball, but people who insist on using a football instead and want the government to enforce it damage the game of basketball. Eventually basketball dies.

[azza943]

@ConorJNixon gay people want nothing else than equality. if its something that a gay person want, then that doesn't mean you can stereotype the whole community. gay people have dreams and ambitions just like anyone else.

[Paletero336]

@fxnooodle

nope

marriage in general is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship.

Definitions have varied depending on culture.

[TheAuntieBa]

Clear, well documented and irresistible logic - just what I expect from Cato. Thanks, guys.

[fxnooodle]

Gay marriage is an oxymoron!

[TwoHusbandsSince1976]

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[rickl7069]

The arguments in this video would expand the scope of government and would be just as legitimate as an argument for state licensing of any type of marriage imaginable. The only proper Libertarian argument is that the state has no business licensing marriages of ANY shape or form.

[rogerfgay]

These guys are lying through their teeth about this issue. The change that's taken place is the result of federal takeover of marriage and family law. It was accompanied by an absolute loss of civil rights. Everyone has lost the right to marry. Rather than battling to push government out of this private sphere, particularly the unconstitutional and extremely destructive intrusion of federal government, they're pushing it further. This action is as anti-libertarian as it gets.

[mockingbird187]

40 people (and counting) are secretly gay, but are so homophobic they couldn't stand themselves if they came out of the closet.