In an interview with Reason TV, author and libertarian icon George Gilder explains why he opposes gay marriage: "The family is critical to raising civilized, creative, responsible people who can exploit and enjoy freedom." When asked how he is defining the family in this sense, Gilder responds: "Nuclear family, a man and woman and children."
When asked how he feels about New York legalizing gay marriage, he says: "I think it's a bad thing ... this whole idea that homosexuality resembled race in any respect is nonsense. The whole idea that male homosexuality resembles lesbianism in any respect is nonsense. And so this whole idea of gay marriage is just a parody. It's an absurd concept." He goes on to say later in the interview that "laws about marriage" make sense to him, even as a libertarian.
Gilder also goes on to share views that we don't feel directly impact marriage, but do service to illustrate the various reasons he has come to his conclusions about marriage, family, and human "flourishing":
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I love this interview. I wish more libertarians would understand the importance of a strong marriage culture to economic freedom and prosperity.
"How do you feel about NY (State) legalizing same-sex marriage?" It is not about 'feeling', it is about reasoning. That's the whole problem - the law can be what we feel we want it to be. This anchor person didn't know the magnitude of the brain he was going to face when he got up that morning
Gilder was a pioneer. When most academics were running for cover during the sexual revolution and accepting feminist and sexualibertarian "family values" as dogma he was busy facing the tide.
His entire work can be viewed as counter-revolutionary and now his worst predictions about maritial and social collapse are coming true.
"Dead things float with the stream; only living things swim against the stream?"