Let us take all marriage laws off the books.
Either marriage is sacred rite or it is a legal contract.
If it is sacred rite, marriage should not have anything to do with the law.
If it is a legal contract, marriage should be open equally to everyone.
Let us nip the argument in the bud and just take all the laws off the books.
To replace them, we should enact laws where you can go to the courthouse and file who is your 'next of kin', even if they are not kin. If two 50 year old firefighters want to make each other as their 'next of kin' even if not in a romantic relationship, there should not be any reason that it should cost them $1500+.
A regular commentator on FoxNews basically agrees with me... http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/05/06/dr-keith-ablow-cameron-diaz-right-4-reasons-marriage-dying-institution/?test=faces
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