Gay Marriage: Yes or No? Neither. Privatize!

A case for privatizing marriage. Gays have the so-called "right to marry" right now--it's the government-proffered benefits accompanying a state-sanctioned marriage that they lack. Take the government out of the institution entirely. Privatization is the best answer; it just makes sense.

See part 2 for more.

Sources/recommended readings:

"Privatize Marriage: A Simple Solution to the Gay-Marriage Debate" by David Boaz: http://www.indegayforum.org/news/show/26624.html.

"Privatizing Marriage" by Doug French: http://www.liberty-watch.com/volume02/issue01/frenchconnection.php.

"Don't Let Government Define Marriage" by Gardner Goldsmith: http://www.mises.org/story/2209.

"Marriage Proposal: Why Not Privatize?" by Colin P.A. Jones: http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1657.

"Abolish Marriage" by Michael Kinsley: http://www.slate.com/id/2085127.

"The Marriage Quagmire" by Wendy McElroy: http://www.ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2003/0805.html.

"Marriage Proposal" by Michael Schaffer: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/020311/usnews/11welfare.htm.

"Same-sex couples optimistic for vote" by Kevin Simpson: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4498439.

"Outing Government from Marriage" by Adam Summers: http://www.reason.org/commentaries/summers_20051111.shtml.

"Findlaw Forum: A genetic report should cause a rethinking of incest laws" by Joanna Grossman: http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/04/columns/fl.grossman.incest.04.09/.

"Why polygamy is good for women" by Tim Hartford: http://www.slate.com/id/2136453/.

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