Marriage - It Should Be For Everyone

Any adult couple who wishes to marry should be allowed to marry.  The government (or any other group) should not determine who adults are allowed to fall in love with.  There shouldn’t be regulations that say in essence:  you can pick anyone on this side of the room, but not from that side of the room.

I was incredibly naive when I headed out into the world, overly protected by my parents.  Not quite to the level of “survival instincts of a lemming” (Terry Pratchett, Night Watch), but damn near close.  At the time I got married there were states in this country where our marriage was illegal.  I will spare you the rant of outrage when I learned that.  (Who the hell were these people to tell me who to love?  I mean, really?  REALLY!?!?!?) 

Had we traveled to those states we would not have been permitted to share a hotel room - illegal.  Anecdotal evidence from friends said in those places we might have been stopped by the police for simply being in the same car. 

We’d picked from the wrong side of the room, you see.  Caucasian - Asian.  And interracial marriage was illegal in some states.  Then. 

Then, but no longer.  Attitudes have changed.  Folks recognized that it was wrong to ban interracial marriage.   

That hypothetical room is no longer sorted by color. 

It shouldn’t be sorted by gender, either. 

It shouldn’t be sorted AT ALL! 

There should be no “wrong side of the room.”  Pick an adult, any adult.  Any color.  Any gender.  Any size.  Any nationality.  Any (fill in the blank).  Go for it.  Love each other the best you can.  If the relationship lasts, great.  If not, there’s divorce.  No one should be denied the right to try.