There is a great talk by Sonu Bedi of Dartmouth on this theme: https://youtu.be/PqTYSy_vuRQ https://youtu.be/PqTYSy_vuRQ He argues for gay marriage and the ri

There is a great talk by Sonu Bedi of Dartmouth on this theme: https://youtu.be/PqTYSy_vuRQ https://youtu.be/PqTYSy_vuRQ He argues for gay marriage and the right to an abortion substantially on the basis of limited government. The existing regulations are often substantially motivated by religion, which is contrary to the establishment clause ("Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...") -- and outside of these motivations the government has not proffered any credible reasons for regulation. In short, there is no reason for the gay community to prove anything; the government has no reason for its regulations, or at best reasons proffered in bad faith. With regards to Professor Bedi's over-arching philosophy, of focusing on reasons, I do have some reservations. In particular, I wonder how he proposes to limit government with only this focus. Just the same, in this case he argues clearly and well, that putting the onus on gay people to prove they deserve the right to marry is a strange place to start from, if we are starting from within a framework of limited government.