Why government should get out of the marriage business
Posted on AllSides July 2nd, 2015
From The Right
OPINION
"Perhaps the time has come to examine," Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wrote in an essay for Time, "whether or not governmental recognition of marriage is a good idea, for either party."
Paul, of course, is running for president. And in any election cycle prior to last week's Supreme Court's ruling that made same-sex marriage a 14th Amendment right, Paul's position would have marked the far end of the libertarian spectrum for Republican presidential hopefuls. For 2016, though, his stand may mark the center of the GOP-conservative coalition's approach to safeguarding...