Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Topless Photo of Gay Marriage Opponent Released

You've all heard the controversy about Miss California USA (or whatever she is officially called). She was asked a question in the Miss Universe contest that apparently had only one correct answer. So now she is being vilified. At the bottom of this post you will see a recent topless photo (don't worry, it has been edited and is work-safe) that was released, possibly because this person had come out publicly against gay marriage?

For the record, I am ambivalent about gay marriage.  As a libertarian, I think the government should get out of the marriage business altogether.  Why should the government have ANY role in determining living arrangements between individuals?  If people have religious beliefs about the nature of marriage, then have a nice church ceremony and be done with it.  If there needs to be tax/benefits arrangements that involve the government, allow people to register as households in any combination they see fit, but the cleanest thing would be to treat every citizen as an individual and stop subsidizing (or penalizing) marriage/cohabitation.

That being said, given the fact that the government has played a role in defining marriage, and has accepted the traditional definition of marriage as it has stood for hundreds of years, I am strongly against unelected judges redefining the law.  That is a task best left to elected legislatures.  It is how our system of representative government was set up.  It takes a little more time and patience to get something changed, but then once something is changed, it's harder for the opposition to complain that they got screwed.

And now for those topless photos of our most prominent gay marriage opponent:

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