Some have suggested that I favor banning same sex marriage. To clarify my position, unlike many of my readers, I emphatically agree with this statement:

On the whole, banning same sex marriage is bad.

As such I would oppose any kind of constitutional amendment that bans same sex marriage. (Please note the word ‘oppose’ which is in bold so as to insure the word is actually read.)

Given most of my readers do not like to make summary judgments I eagerly await their equivocations on banning same sex marriage. Or wait, maybe they can eagerly aver politically liberal summary judgments but demand nuance when it comes to politically conservative summary judgments. Oh man, I can’t wait to see how this one plays out.

What say you readers? Do you think on the whole banning same sex marriage is bad?

I should also note that as a libertarian, opposing this blatant discrimination is a no brainer. The only way you could possibly think I would support banning same sex marriage is if I’m a republican which I clearly am not. I have stated on countless occasions I’m a libertarian one that takes serious the need to defend liberal values. Banning same sex marriage is clearly a violation of the liberal value that people should be allowed to do as they please provided they do not explicitly harm others in the process.

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