Now that Obama's come out of the closet on marriage, I suppose I can too! Everyone seems to assume that I take the IRS's line on marriage: "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife." This isn't the case. While I certainly oppose gay marriage as a hilarious abomination ("wait...you really believe that?" + lol), I'm not in favor of the IRS's definition either. In fact I'd love an elimination of state recognition and sponsor of marriage entirely.
States have been "promoting" marriage since the peak of the Progressive Movement in the first decade of the 20th century. Before that it was a cultural and religious custom with incredible and hilarious diversity all over the country (google the Oneida denomination or think of the Mormons). Progressives now refer to the government takeover of marriage as a period of its "EMANCIPATION from churches," a stupid and biased sentiment. This period was, in reality, the beginning of the precipitous drop in our culture's regard for marriage that has plagued us since.
Marriage doesn't mean anything anymore. Honor, and all its marital origins and implications, does not exist for people today. The idea of chastity unto marriage is not a cultural force for most of the population. Cohabitation and its accompanying terrible statistics of abuse, neglect, future divorce, etc., are accepted as normal. Single mothers move their children from boyfriend's house to boyfriend's house, causing innumerable unnecessary psychological problems. Women are sexually objectified in advertisements and entertainment on a scale that would stroke out most of our ancestors. Drive-thru weddings are honored and served by the State of Nevada! I mean, c'mon!
Government endorsement of marriages has failed to achieve its promised goals of feminine empowerment and societal stability. After a century of such failure, we can see clearly which is the preferable alternative: marriage needs to be privatized.
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