THE SEPARATION OF MARRIAGE AND STATE, The time for Marriage Privatization is Now
For many years now leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf , which legalized same-sex marriage nationally there has been a heated debate about the issue. This debate continues to this day. Proponents argue that same-sex couples should have the freedom to marry as a matter of equal rights. Opponents argue that allowing for same sex marriage redefines marriage from what it has always been understood to be going back millennia. In 1997, David Boaz wrote his groundbreaking article for Slate Magazine arguing for the privatization of marriage https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/privatize-marriage . This idea of privatizing marriage has gained much attention within libertarian circles as well as elsewhere. Is privatizing marriage a possible solution to the same-sex marriage question as well as many other issues that arise with government involvement i...