On the cusp of an historic vote in the New York State legislature, conservative luminary Margaret Hoover pens an op-ed in the New York Daily News laying out the conservative case for marriage equality.

Says Hoover: “It is time now for our party in this state to carry the march of freedom one step further. Same-sex marriage is consistent with the party’s legacy of individual freedom and limited government. It is a profoundly conservative virtue.”

You can read the full op-ed here.