Even Gay Marriage Requires Super-Rich Libertarians  The New York
Times and the Wall Street Journal both have behind-the-scenes
accounts of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's successful push for gay marriage
in New York. And (surprise!) the key was a bunch of rich
Republicans.  The Times recounts a "secret meeting" between the
governor's "most trusted advisors" and "a group of super-rich
Republican donors," which would otherwise be every progressive's
nightmare. But this one was about people whom those donors
knew—billionaire Paul Singer, for example, has a gay son—and
their right to enter into contracts, and the donors "were
inclined to see the issue as one of personal freedom, consistent
with their more libertarian views." (The Times also notes the
"surprise" vote of Democratic Senator Carl Kruger, who was
apparently swayed by the "gay nephew of the woman he lives
with." Though maybe he was more swayed by the son of the woman
he lives with—and with whom, by many accounts, he is engaged in
a long-term gay relationship.)  Th