The fact of the matter is that even if the Federal and States did not give legal or institutional sanction to the union of joining a man and woman in marriage to become husband and wife, it would still be marriage. It is not the federal or state government that created marriage, it is the result of that joining that caused the government to give it certain rights, responsibilities and protections. The government realized that this special relationship also contributes to the stability and strength of a nation. There is absolutely no reasonable argument to change the definition to include any other relationship.
In fact the Government recognizes that not all “marriages” that mankind may wish called “marriage” would or should be sanctioned by the government. I am sure there are people living in this country who consider themselves joined together as like a marriage and would like it to be officially recognized as marriage by the government. Some joining are even considered a crime such as brother-sister, father-daughter, mother-son, first cousins, adult-juvenile etc.
Changing the definition of marriage will not gain anything but dilute the word and confuse the meaning. I think this subject crosses the lines of conservative, liberal, democrat, republican and goes into the thinking about what marriage is at it’s core. If the majority of people in this country think that marriage should be changed to include other couplings then it will probably change but I don’t think that people who are in favor of it should rest easy thinking it will happen with the full support of either party. And I also think that like any other issue it is and will be politicized not because of officials sincere beliefs but for their own gain.
