Comments on: Bob Barr Backs Gay Marriage

By: Ann-Drea

Ann-Drea — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:08:58 +0000

Mary, the libertarian party is not about deny people constitutional rights. The LP is FOR constitutional rights, especially the Bill of Rights. Perhaps, I am just misunderstanding what you are saying.

And it IS true that Obama does not support gay marriage. I just heard tonight on the VP debate.

For the blog poster: vote Green party!

By: Mary Witherspoon

Mary Witherspoon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:45:29 +0000

“States’ rights (which is essentially what Barr — the other black guy running for president — is talking about) has never in the history of this country been employed to extend civil rights to any group of citizens. It has only ever been employed to deny some people their civil rights.”

You are wrong, Terrence! The states to which you refer were the Southern states, which had already seceded from the Union. Slavery had just been outlawed in the North, the Southern states refused to follow suit, and so for that and other reasons, the Civil War began.

Today, the US Govt. seeks to deny all of us our constitutional rights. That’s what the Libertarian Party is all about. Also, keep in mind that McCain, Obama and Hillary Clinton are also opposed to gay marriage. Also remember that Bill Clinton himself signed DOMA into law. We’ll all just have to face the fact that gay marriage is a hot coal for a lot of politicians. One candidate can’t please everybody. I support gay marriage, but on all other issues, Bob Barr is the closest thing we’ll get to throwing off the chains the Bush regime has placed on us. Gay marriage will simply have to wait a while longer.

By: Heather Czerniak

Heather Czerniak — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:34:04 +0000

OK, so Mr. Barr doesn’t convince many folks that he’s a changed man as far as gay marriage is concerned. But Clinton deserved to be impeached for his approval and involvement in Echelon and the Monica Lewinsky affair. Liberals cried foul at the amount of time and money spent making the case against Clinton, and I wouldn’t be surprised if conservatives cried just as loud if the same time and money were spent prosecuting George W.

Getting back to the gay marriage issue, have any liberals forgotten that Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama also oppose gay marriage? Think they’re not opposing it to get more votes?

For all the mistrust about Bob Barr, A Libertarian is the closest we’ll get to legalizing gay marriage in every state. Not much, but it’s a start.

By: DecaturHeel

DecaturHeel — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:09:52 +0000

Barr is just trying to spin his earlier positions into stands consistent with his recent “conversion” to Libertarianism. He was 100 percent the Patriot Act and the Clinton impeachment, both of which true Libertarians would deplore. He has cried himself to sleep every night since voters gave him the boot, and he’ll say ANYTHING to get back inside the Beltway.

Interesting you would say he’s black…apparently you’re not the only one who thinks so.

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By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:17:52 +0000

Thank you !