Steven Rodriguez: ‘Meet Cecil Ince, Libertarian Presidential Candidate’

Steven Rodriguez at Outright Libertarians:

This month we are shining the spotlight on another candidate seeking the Libertarian Party’s nomination for President: Cecil Ince. We offered Cecil our very own questionnaire designed to assess Libertarian candidates on LGBTQ issues.

Cecil Ince, age 39, is an actor and business owner currently residing in Irving, Texas. He describes himself as a “Jeffersonian Libertarian”, advocating for extremely limited government and maximum personal liberty of the people. Ince takes a number of solidly Libertarian positions across the board, such as favoring a non-interventionist foreign policy, opposing the Patriot Act, opposing fiat currency and The Federal Reserve system. Despite his libertarian credentials, he is far from reaching his goal. Ince has a Rally.org page set up with the intent of raising $25,000, but has only raised a fraction of that amount*. Nevertheless, he is determined to rally Libertarian supporters and sympathizers in order to solidify his candidacy.

Personal and social liberty issues are far from being a small aspect of Cecil’s campaign platform. In his most recent blog posting, titled “Moral Force”, Ince rails against those who seek government approval for their beliefs, as well as those who use the power of the state to forcibly condemn those whose lifestyles they oppose. “The issue isn’t who is right and who is wrong, it’s about forcing everyone to believe how they believe. As is the case of discrimination regardless if the target is being discriminated because of race, religion or sexual orientation, being refused a wedding or denied to rent an apartment for any reason is an individual’s freedom of belief,” says Ince. He goes on to condemn the 2008 “act of democracy against the minority”, in California known as Proposition 8, and support the recent Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, overturning state marriage bans and ensuring the freedom to marry nationwide.

Given Cecil’s stated commitment to liberty and equality of rights for LGBTQ individuals, we at Outright Libertarians found him to be the perfect candidate for our newly minted questionnaire. Cecil received high marks for questions ranging from the right of transgender individuals to self-identify on state documents, to eliminating bans on sex-work, “wrong bathroom” usage, and other victimless crimes that disproportionately affect our community. Despite a couple vague responses and a passing mention to “Restore State’s Rights”, we at Outright Libertarians would be more than comfortable supporting a Cecil Ince Presidential candidacy should he receive the Libertarian Party’s nomination.

* The Rally.org is curently at $75.00 out of a goal of $25,000 (0.3 %).

See also:

Steven Rodriguez: ‘Meet Steve Kerbel, Libertarian Presidential Candidate’ and

Steven Rodriguez: I Will Support Gary Johnson in 2016 and I Am Not A ‘Purist’ Libertarian