George Phillies for President 2008
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Phillies: Marriage is a Basic Civil Right
Uncle Sam has no business in your bedroom, your churches or your private lives. That’s the message of leading Libertarian Presidential candidate George Philles. “The George Bush Republican party disagrees:
They’ve made it Uncle Sam’s business by passing the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).”
Phillies, 60, a college professor from Worcester, Massachusetts, is traveling the country, presenting the
Libertarian message of peace, freedom, and prosperity for all citizens.
“The debate over gay marriage is a wonderful example of what’s wrong with Washington,” Phillies observed.
“Down the street where I live are two churches. One church views gay marriage with horror. The other has
been happily marrying gays for years. The Libertarian position is simple: Gay marriage is purely a personal
and religious question, not a question for government to decide. “
Dr. Phillies believes the Defense of Marriage Act is deeply flawed. In 1967, the landmark Supreme Court
case, Loving v Virginia found that the right to marry is a «basic civil of man.” “Loving v Virginia ended legal
discrimination in marriage,” the Libertarian hopeful pointed out. “DOMA tries to bring legal discrimination
back into marriage.”
Critics of DOMA say that the act violates the Constitution because it does not require states to recognize
same-sex marriage contracts created in other states. The interstate validity of contracts is guaranteed by the
Constitution’s Full Faith and Credit clause. Phillies agrees. “No wonder the Bush Republican Party now
wants a Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. …. When I am elected, I will ask Congress to repeal
the Defense of Marriage Act. I will protect the right of States to license same-sex unions or not, as they will.
But I will also hold states to the United States Constitution and require them to recognize legal unions
created in other states, just as they have always done in the past.”
Uncle Sam has no business in your bedrooms, your religious ceremonies, or your private life. It is none of
the government’s business which consenting adults marry each other, and which do not. Do you want your
religion’s marriage practices protected from government interference? Only the Libertarian Party will protect
the privacy of your bedroom and your conscience.
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