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Written by Rob Power
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:00 |
Note: This resolution was submitted to LP California Chairman Kevin Takenaga, more than two weeks prior to the start of the LPC Convention, in compliance with the Convention Rules.
Consent Calendar Resolution
Rob Power, San Francisco
Whereas the Libertarian Party of California is on record as opposing Proposition 8, which excluded same-sex couples from civil marriage contracts, and
Whereas the proposed “Domestic Partnership Initiative” is being advanced as a competing measure to the initiative that would repeal Proposition 8, and
Whereas the “Domestic Partnership Initiative” would likely pull votes from the initiative to repeal Proposition 8 if both initiatives were on the ballot, and
Whereas the “Domestic Partnership Initiative” would replace “marriage” with “domestic partnership,” a lesser status not recognized under federal law for the purposes of taxation, immigration, testimonial immunity, surviving spouse status, and several other regulations and classifications, and
Whereas the net effect of this non-recognition under federal law would be an increase in taxes to what gay and lesbian couples now pay, as well as a redistribution of income, from all married couples in California, gay or straight, of up to a quarter trillion dollars over the next two years, and
Whereas the “Domestic Partnership Initiative” is particularly misleading in Libertarian terms, in that the talking points of its backers make it sound like it would further the Libertarian goal of reducing government interference in personal relationships, when it actually leaves in place all of the existing government intrusiveness of marriage licensing, just with another name, and
Whereas Libertarians oppose tax increases that feed the beast of government, as well as social engineering schemes that undermine progress on equal rights for all individuals regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, without reducing the size or scope of government at all, therefore
Resolved: The Libertarian Party of California opposes the “Domestic Partnership Initiative” and instead reaffirms its commitment to the repeal of Proposition 8.
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