Hear hear! :o)
>As a Goldwater conservative I completely agree. Before the State has a right to ban any kind of voluntary association or contract there has to be a pretty compelling interest. No good (non-religious) argument has ever been put forward to ban gay marriage.
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>I think true conservatives should fight for the rights of individuals to do as they please as long as they don't infringe on the rights of others.
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>Any religious organization who wants to not allow such marriages in their own churches has a right to do so, just as Catholics had a right to pretend to not permit remarriage of divorced people. But marriage as a civil institution should be governed by contract law, not Biblical interpretation.
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>This is not so much judicial activism as preventing legislation that contradicts constitutional guarantees.
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