The Gay Marriage Debate
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Date: December, 2003
I read a recent editorial on gay marriage that really made sense. The question it posed was: should the government be in the business of marriage at all?
From the government's point of view, I think marriage should be nothing more than a legally enforcable contract. Two people can enter into a valid contract, whether they are a man and a woman, a man and a man, etc. I saw this angry Republican senator on TV explaining how polygamy could be legal, or whatever. Well, really, if that's what people want, then they can have it. It's not like the government can really prevent it anyways.
Really, marriage is not a sacred institution. Well, actually, it is sacred- as long as we make it sacred. It's up to people to get married and take it seriously. It's not up to the government. Marriage is defined by the people who are married. It's arrogant of the government to try to define how people should live together.
Sometimes politicians run on a campaign of "family values". In this case, "family values" should mean enabling people to form families as they desire.