That's wild. Every time I drive through West Virginia and see confederate flags flying, I have to marvel at the purest form of irony to exist in these modern times.
Marriage is an institution of a society to control sex.
Sex is the basis of marriage.
I feel that marriage should be abolished as a concept.
Instead, supercede that legal status with one that allows for broader acknowledgement of kinship. Agree before a judge that you are family, with all of the rights that entails, and it is so.
Allow non-sexual, non-romantic filial adoption to have the same recognition of kinship that marriage has now.
I just recently had to make a password for some website.
The requirements were to use at least one capital letter, at least one number, and EXACTLY ONE of a short list of special characters in your password. It also could be no longer than 10 characters.
One dork, four knobs