How can a libertarian support gay marriage but
also the right of businesses to decline to provide goods and
services such as cakes, clothing, and photos for gay weddings?
For many libertarians, it makes perfect logical and
philosophical sense. But from the outside perspective, it often
does not. As a result, critics looking for an opportunity to throw
shade on libertarian ideas can focus on just a piece of this
mentality. We saw the Village Voice do just that recently,
with media critic Roy Edroso incorrectly declaring that
libertarians are “more likely” to defend the rights of private
individuals and businesses who want to discriminate against gays
than the rights of gay couples to demand marriage recognition from
the government.
As a gay libertarian who writes frequently about both
components, Reason’s Scott Shackford explains why arguing
that gays have the right to marry each other and arguing that
businesses have the right to deny them goods and services are
fundamentally connected to manifestations of the same right:
freedom of association.
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