Cato's David Boaz on Stossel for the "Libertarian State of the Union" (2011)

If you like this video, please rate, leave a comment, and share with your friends! Cato Institute Executive Vice President David Boaz joined the Stossel show on FOX Business Network on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, following President Obama's State of the Union to recap the annual address from a libertarian perspective. In this segment, Boaz talks about things the president should have said--but didn't--like identifying real spending cuts, ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and repealing the Defense of Marriage Act.

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[pinegrove33]

Boaz is a frickin hero!

[Thorbie]

David Boaz should be the unofficial head of the libertarian movement in my opinion. He's just so statesman like and reasonable in his views, while being entirely libertarian. He has more presence and credibility than any LP presidential candidate.

[ThrobertMcGee]

With regard to DOMA, I'd rather that Boaz had said, "Obama should talk about *either* repealing DOMA entirely, *or* revising DOMA via repeal of Section 3" .

( §3 has to do with Federal recognition of individual state marriage laws, while §2 deals with individual states recognizing each other's laws. So junking §3 while keeping §2 arguably has a stronger "States Rights" basis and might be more politically realistic than a total repeal of DOMA.)

[oTANSTAAFLo]

@bigpileofcrock I'm with you on that one.

[InfernalApocalypse]

@AngrySkeptic

Many, many passages in the Old Testament refer to men taking on multiple wives, generally with ambivalence. Plenty of non-Roman tribes practiced polygamy based on social status. Obviously this didn't happen a few generations back, but the general argument holds that marriage's meaning as a social institution has been malleable.

[AngrySkeptic]

@bigpileofcrock

Plural marriage in the Western Tradition? When?

The Ancient Romans only had one wife. One man and One woman has been the tradition for a very long time.

I happen to support gay domestic partner rights, call it marriage if you wish, but your argument is pretty faulty. I don't like seeing my side make bullshit arguments that get refuted and undermine my position.

[theshaggyshow]

Jon Stossel is a great Man with common sense, in a sea full of shark infested liberals... I hope John has a Glock, because it fires under water

[stetsonwalker]

@bigpileofcrock If i recall correctly multi marriage has been outlawed as well. If you were Jewish and the Catholics decided to start using the star of David as their symbol do you think it would bug you a bit?

[bigpileofcrock]

All that being said, mind you, I would prefer government stayed out of *ALL* marriages, whether it's between one-man-one-woman, two men, a dozen people, or some weird woman and a fish. Seriously. Keep them out of it.

[bigpileofcrock]

@stetsonwalker But according to who, and since when? You know, go back just a handful of generations and a "marriage" often involved about four or five people. "Marriage" is purely a social construct, and it's meaning and purpose are dictated by the ever-changing eddies of social development. It gets called marriage.... because that's what it is. I don't see how the lesbians up the street calling their union a "marriage" is going to make me or my wife feel any differently about ours.