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WHAT IS GLIL?

Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty, or GLIL, is an international
organization of persons committed to the political philosophy of individual
liberty, both generally and as it affects lesbians, gay men, and bisexual
persons. As such, we welcome classical liberals, market liberals,
limited-government libertarians, anarcho-capitalists, and objectivists, as well
as persons wishing to learn more about our views.

We believe that the source of sovereignty and the fundamental unit of society is
the individual and reject any higher secular authority. We do not place the good
of the "collective whole" above that of individuals, since "the collective
whole" is at most a macroscopic averaging of individual actions. Nor do we
accept the majority as the final arbiter, since being a majority does not confer
ownership of the minority. Moreover, appeals to the "higher good" are circular,
since they presuppose a moral right to impose one's view of the "higher good" on
others.

From individual sovereignty we derive the non-coercion principle, which states
that no person has the right to initiate force or fraud against another for any
reason, no matter how virtuous that reason may appear. This principle
deductively leads to "liberal" positions on some issues, such as as whether
government should prohibit sodomy or drug use, and to "conservative" positions
on other issues, such as whether government should redistribute wealth or
protect us from our own foolishness.

We reject as arbitrary the distinction between "economic" and "personal"
individual liberties. If the individual owns herself, then she must necessarily
also own both her own body and the fruits of her own labor, absent a voluntary
alienation of either. Thus, the two forms of individual liberty, often seen as
being in opposition, actually have the same source.

For more information about loi pinel immobilier bertarianism and how it affects
issues of importance to gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered persons,
you may wish to read a position paper entitled Gays, Lesbians, and the State,
given by Gene Cisewski at the University of Texas at Austin in March, 1997.

Questions about GLIL? Call 703-920-4023. or email glil@glil.org.




GLIL REMOVED FROM "BROAD COALITION" CONCERNED WITH CIVIL LIBERTIES

"Sole Reason for Rejection Is Our Members Are Gay and Lesbian," Says GLIL
President (Washington, D.C., July 1, 2002) -- A self-described "broad coalition
[of] conservative, religious, libertarian and other organizations," that invited
Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty to participate in its efforts has now
removed GLIL because GLIL's members are mostly gay men and lesbians.

The ad hoc coalition, led by the Washington-based Free Congress Foundation,
circulated a draft letter addressed to U.S. Representative F. James
Sensenbrenner, Jr., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on June 10, which
included GLIL's signature. After objections from members of the Free Congress
Foundation's "broad base," according to the Foundation's vice president, Lisa
Dean, GLIL's signature was excised. That "broad base" is made up primarily of
religious-right organizations and individuals, said GLIL President Richard
Sincere, who added: "Their base may be 'broad' but their minds appear to be
narrow."

"Lisa Dean told me that there was no policy disagreement involved," Sincere
said. "She made it clear that GLIL's name was removed solely because our members
are gay and lesbian."

Sincere pointed out that the coalition included such disparate groups as the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Gun Owners of America. "GLIL members
have a stronger commitment to the First Amendment than the ACLU. (GLIL and the
ACLU were on opposite sides in the Supreme Court's gay scoutmaster case; GLIL
argued in an amicus curiae brief that the Boy Scouts had a constitutional right
to exclude gay troop leaders, despite GLIL's disagreement with that policy.)
Like our comrades, the Pink Pistols, we're as strongly committed to the Second
Amendment as Gun Owners of America."

The letter to Chairman Sensenbrenner expressed concerns that new FBI guidelines
issued by Attorney General John Ashcroft "will usher in an invigorated campaign
against lawful dissent and religious expression." It adds: "The First and Fourth
Amendments and the system of checks and balances established in our Constitution
should not be undermined under the guise of mendacious explanations for
failure."

"We and the Free Congress Foundation, like other coalition members, are natural
allies. We want to protect citizens against government intrusion and limit the
scope of government.


THE BOY SCOUTS' UNLIKELY FRIENDS

By George F. Will

In this litigious republic, litigation often is politics carried on by other
means, and like politics, litigation sometimes makes strange bedfellows, as in a
case to be argued before the Supreme Court next month and decided by early
summer. The question at issue is: Should New Jersey Boy Scout organizations be
permitted to exclude gay men from being Scoutmasters?

New Jersey says this violates the state's anti-discrimination law. But the
Scouts have acquired an unlikely ally, an organization of gays and lesbians
which says the Scouts' policy is not right but the Scouts have a right to it.

Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty has filed a friend-of-the-court brief
prepared by the Institute for Justice, a merry band of libertarian lawyers in
Washington.


GLIL SUPPORTS SUPREME COURT RULING THAT FAVORS BOY SCOUTS

"Freedoms of Association and Expression Were Protected Today" (WASHINGTON, June
28, 2000) --- The president of Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty (GLIL)
today praised the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says the Boy Scouts of America
are free to choose their own leaders, even if it means excluding gay men as
Scoutmasters. Richard Sincere, president of GLIL since February 1998, stated
that his organization was pleased that "by a vote of 5 to 4, the Supreme Court
recognizes that freedom of expressive association is protected under the U.S.
Constitution. Despite what others might say, this is a victory for the rights of
gay men and lesbians to form groups, gather for expressive purposes, and pursue
their own visions of happiness with freedom and dignity."

GLIL had filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief with the U.S.
Supreme Court in the case of Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale, arguing that
the Boy Scouts of America have a constitutional right to set their own standards
for membership and leadership positions, even if that means the Boy Scouts may
exclude openly gay Scout leaders from participation in the organization.

Sincere said GLIL leaders were pleased that Chief Justice Rehnquist seemed to
follow the reasoning in the group’s brief when he wrote that: “We are not, as we
must not be, guided by our views of whether the Boy Scouts’ teachings with
respect to homosexual conduct are right or wrong; public or judicial disapproval
of a tenet of an organization’s expression does not justify the State’s effort
to compel the organization to accept members where such acceptance would
derogate from the organization’s expressive message.”

“Our brief had emphasized our disagreement with the Boy Scouts’ policy of
excluding gay members and leaders,” said Sincere, a former Boy Scout himself.
“But if government forces the Boy Scouts to change that policy, the
constitutional rights of all of us — not just the Scouts, but everyone, gay or
straight — will be diminished. Freedom does not belong only to those with whom
we agree. Gay men and lesbians have suffered when freedom of association has not
been respected. We benefit when freedom of speech and freedom of association are
vigorously protected. A Supreme Court ruling against the Boy Scouts would have
had the perverse effect of hurting gay and lesbian Americans.”


GLIL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DRUG WAR ESCALATION

"Methamphetamine Bill Violates First, Fourth Amendments," Says GLIL President
(Washington, D.C., June 14, 2000) --- In a memorandum to members of Gays and
Lesbians for Individual Liberty (GLIL), the organization's president today
expressed his concerns over a bill that is currently under consideration by the
U.S. House of Representatives, after it was unanimously passed by the U.S.
Senate last fall. According to GLIL President Richard Sincere, HR2987 (known as
the "Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act" contains obscure provisions that
constitute a "ticking time bomb, ready to blow up in our faces and undermine the
protections we enjoy under the First and Fourth Amendments in the Constitution."


GAYS AND LESBIANS FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY SUBMIT BRIEF IN SECOND AMENDMENT CASE

(WASHINGTON, February 11, 2008) – Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty
(GLIL) has joined with Pink Pistols in support of the Second Amendment rights of
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered Americans by filing a
friend-of-the-court brief with the United States Supreme Court.

GLIL chairman Richard Sincere explained: “The brief was filed in support of Dick
Anthony Heller, who sued the District of Columbia to have its draconian
prohibition on private gun ownership overturned. Heller’s rights to own a gun
for self-protection were upheld by the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty appealed the case to the Supreme Court.”

The brief states that, "Laws that prevent the use of firearms for self-defense
in one’s own home disproportionately impact those individuals who are targets of
hate violence due to their minority status, whether defined by race, religion,
sexual orientation, or other characteristic.… [Not] only do members of the LGBT
community have a heightened need to possess firearms for self-protection in
their homes, the Second Amendment clearly guarantees this most basic right. This
Court should not permit the democratic majority to deprive LGBT individuals of
their essential and constitutional right to keep and bear arms for self-defense
in their own homes.”

The brief also makes a unique argument, tying the denial of rights of gay men
and lesbians to possess firearms to the statutory mandate to exclude those same
citizens from military service through the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” rules:

“… Interpreting the Second Amendment as recognizing a right conditioned upon
military service, where eligibility for military service is defined by the
Government, prevents the Amendment from acting as any constraint on Government
action at all. Such a result is contrary not only to the literal text of the
Amendment, but to the intentions of the Framers. Further, in light of the
current 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' policy, such an interpretation would completely
eradicate any Second Amendment right for members of the LGBT community.”

A number of other organizations have also submitted amicus curiae briefs to the
Supreme Court in this case, arguing in favor of an individual right to possess
firearms, including the Cato Institute, Disabled Veterans for Self Defense, Jews
for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, the Rutherford Institute, and a
group of women legislators and academics.