A. Barton Hinkle: A Constitutional Case for Gay Marriage

When liberals and conservatives argue they
often talk past each other, deploying arguments that seem like
winning ones to them but that the other side views as irrelevant or
unimportant. So the Cato Institute has done a great service by
filing a brief in Virginia’s gay marriage case that makes a
conservative argument for the liberal position. What’s the
argument? In short, writes A. Barton Hinkle, the Constitution’s
Equal Protection Clause demands equal treatment for same-sex
couples.

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