Marriage

In honor of National Marriage Week, I feel compelled to rant about marriage. So, here goes...

1. Marriage is a privilege, NOT a right! 
2. It is both a legal and a religious institution. For some, it is just legal. For some, it is just religious. But for the majority of people, it is both. 
3. Regardless of personal religious beliefs, however, legal marriage provides special recognition and protection for the FOUNDATION of American society and ALL successful societies: a FAMILY. A family is a husband and wife and, hopefully, children, who are actually being raised by their own TWO parents, MOTHER and FATHER. (If you're confused about this refer to a biology textbook that explains how babies are made.) (This definitely includes any adopted children as well, in case you're wondering. In the case of adoptions, it ought to be (and used to be) recognized that a NORMAL family with a MOTHER AND FATHER is the BEST/NORMAL/OPTIMAL/ACCEPTABLE situation for a child to be reared in. While circumstances can occur through no one's fault where this is not the case, purposely depriving a child of a real, complete, normal family is abusive.)
4. Now, anyone can live together, and any two adults can engage in any kind of deviant sexual behavior in their own homes any time they want, and the rest of us do not want to know about it, let alone regulate it. (YES, homosexual behavior is deviant. Deviant simply means “deviating from the norm”. Homosexuality is NOT normal. Again, refer to a basic biology textbook if you're confused. Or, better yet, look in the mirror in case you forgot which parts you have. Now, someone is going to get angry because some of us are (RARELY and ABNORMALLY) born with ambiguous gender characteristics. Chances are, that isn't you, and you can just look in a mirror and figure it out. Be thankful.) All that being said, if you do choose to engage in deviant sexual behavior instead of NORMAL sexual behavior, leave marriage out of it! You are NOT ENTITLED to the PRIVILEGES of marriage! The institution of marriage is designed to stabilize and benefit society and the next generation of children. It is NOT designed to benefit YOU! If you don't want to get married (to someone of the OPPOSITE gender, in case you're still really confused), FINE. No one is trying to make you! But you are not entitled to call whatever it is you are doing a marriage, and you are not entitled to the legal benefits of marriage.