And the LGBT refuses to recognize that they in fact have those rights, in favor of going begging to politicians and bureaucrats for privileges....And acting as though all that is righteous and good in America comes from Big Daddy Big Gubmint, is a guiding attitude of the American left.Because the LGBT believe they need rights and the Libertarians are saying already have rights!
A bit of miscommunication here--the ACLU would do well to moderate between the two camps.
Turns out that the libertarian message of self reliance and proactively claiming and asserting ones rights doesn't play well, to people who view themselves on the effect end of their lives and expect their rights to be delivered to their doorstep.
Well, actually, it seems more like the politicos are trying to legislate away the rights of the LGBT.
Like for instance, marriage. Before these "defining marriage" ammendments came about, there was no law barring two people of the same sex from getting married.
Since there was no law, it was not illegal.
That is the social libertarian view on laws applied to gay marriages.
There is no law today barring gay couples from considering themselves married. It isn't illegal. It's not illegal for any couple to shack up and say they are married. The controversy comes from whether or not agencies and institutions have to consider the couple married. In the event of a breakup, will laws protect property rights. How about inheritance rights in instances of intestate succession? The photographer who refuses to photograph a same sex couple's committment, can he do that? Can a landlord say she doesn't rent to same sex couples?
I once refused to paint the wedding portrait of a lesbian couple. To them I didn't have that right. I got sued. Fortunately I won, but on a technicality of the law. Not because I had the freedom to refuse.