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 ::Why do these so-called ""libertarians"" come out of the woodwork to suggest destroying marriage only when the gays are close to equality? Where were they before, content in their heterosexual relationships given special status by the state? Now they would rather decouple the state from marriage, so the churches can give them privileged status again. 

 ::It's quite similar to when activists propose changing antidiscrimination and/or hate crimes laws. In the United States, politicians used outrageous hyperbole about police states, the death of free speech, religious leaders being arrested. Yet they have no opposition to the existing laws that protect race and religion. It's really an indirect way of being homophobic, because despite what is coming out of their mouths, the result is the legislation being stalled. No one called them libertarian, they were rightfully called conservatives. It's cleaner than ""God Hates Fags"", but the sentiment is the same. Libertarians they are not.   "