Gay Libertarians Start A Nashville Chapter

By Kleinheider Posted on August 5, 2008 at 7:36 am

Via Chris Sanders:

Unlike our friends in the Stonewall Democrats and Log Cabin Republicans, Outright Libertarians have broad based support in the our party and need not fight for basic recognition of our equal status in society. In the Libertarian Party, GLBTQ individuals start with the assumption of equal status and equality under the law.

In contrast to other parties, the Libertarian Party has included sexual rights, including equal marriage and adoption, equal military service, and the end of sodomy laws, ever since its first national platform in 1972. We’re very happy with our party and its platform, our main job is to reach out to the LGBT community to explain why Libertarians offer better solutions to our community than any of the other political parties.

SEE ALSO: LPTN

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Tags: Afraid to Google to find out what the Q stands for, gay, Libertarian, Outright  

The Libertarian Nod

By Kleinheider Posted on May 18, 2008 at 1:44 pm

Jon Wright, a left-libertarian currently identifying as a Democrat, shares his thoughts on the wide open Libertarian nomination for President between the right-wing Bob Barr, libertarian purists like Mary Ruwart and a left-libertarian like Mike Gravel:

As for what I want to happen? I’m actually torn. The part of me that wants to see the LP take bold strides towards a left-libertarianism that I can really get behind clearly favors Gravel. The part of me that wants to see the LP at least try to save its own soul wants to see it go to Ruwart as above. The part of me that thinks it’s too late for that wants them to go ahead and give it to Barr — effectively destroying the party — but I’m not the only libertarian radical who thinks that might be a good thing. Go out in a blaze of glory and help us elect Obama. Though I do hate to see the term libertarian itself besmirched with the “true conservative” meme — it already is.

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Tags: Bob Barr, Libertarian, Mary Ruwart, Mike Gravel