ENG - The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11, 1971. As of 2006 it was the fifth largest party in the United States in terms of registered members, with 235,000, following the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Constitution Party and the Green Party. It has elected hundreds of people to public office.The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects that group's particular brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration across borders, and non-interventionism in foreign policy that respects freedom of trade and travel to all foreign countries.
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Human RightsThe Libertarian Party of West Virginia asserts that all humans are created equal, and that the rights of every sovereign individual must be respected. Human rights are inherent to all humans and must not be in any way abridged or regulated by the state except in cases where the individual has violated the rights of another sovereign individual.We see the right to be recognized as marital partners by some and not others as injustice. Thus, we feel that the policy of state-sponsored marriage is inherently inequal as it recognized only some and not others. Marriage should be viewed as ...
martina - 7 months ago, in poll Libertarian ... Iran Elections
The latest release from the Center for Libertarian Press InformationWhile the events rapidly unfolding in Iran after the recent election are of extreme interest and concern to freedom-loving people everywhere, Libertarians are asking the US Government not to involve itself in the affairs of the Iranian people. They also ask individuals to be wary of being stampeded into agreement with interventionist foreign policies through their natural concern for Iranians and their rights.David Nolan, one of the founders of the Libertarian Party, warns that “None of us here in ...
cici - 7 months ago, in poll Libertarian Brian Howey takes a rather vacuous look at Indiana Libertarians and mistakes the trees for the forest. Libertarians don't need to win. We exist as a third party on a national level because believers in the cause of Liberty who want to act politically, just do so. Why that should translate to actually taking political power escapes political pundits and angry individuals. It's not clear from this article which Mr. Howey is, but the notion does escape him. But it also escapes many earnest Libertarians.While I truly believe the average person is generally libertarian in their live and let live ...
cici - 7 months ago, in poll Libertarian
