Well, yes, but don't get to the partying just yet.

See, The Federal Government has no right to enter your bedroom and dictate to you what constitutes a marriage in the first place. Neither do State governments. Both arrogated to themselves powers they did not have and which, at least in the Federal case, violate the 1st Amendment.

Marriage is a religious institution. It always has been. It predates our modern governments. In the early days of what was to become the United States, and through the lands before, you posted your Banns of Marriage on the church door. The only "involvement" the government had historically was in organized bigotry -- that is, making damn sure you didn't marry a Lord if you were a commoner.

That translated directly to the United States; the original marriage "laws" were for the explicit purpose of making sure you didn't marry a white person if you were black, or an American Indian if you weren't one yourself.

Think I'm kidding? I'm not -- go look it up.

So what you, dear readers who support this, gay or straight, have bought into is turning what is supposed to be about two individuals who love one another into a tri-party deal with the State -- the damned government -- in the middle of your relationship.

You cheered this today.

You fools.

You were baited by the siren song of that which you could easily have without any such crap. Powers of Attorney work just fine for medical and financial decisions and cost nothing to draw up. They're superior to the default "rules" too, because you can craft exactly what you -- and your partner -- want.

Wills, trusts, estate planning, all fairly simple and all doable unless you're terribly rich, in which case the passage of an estate from one "married" partner to another is in fact easier. But most of you reading this don't have a pot to***** in when it comes to your estate anyway or are well under the limits where it matters. Never mind that, once again, most of the time the default isn't exactly what you want, so again you've saved exactly nothing.

Access to "health insurance"? Really? ObamaCare has already destroyed what you thought you were going to get. Welcome to reality. Never mind that creating a monster and then using it as justification for a second stupid thing qualifies as Darwin Award material. In this case given what ObamaCare is bringing to you that's not a rhetorical observation either.

The truth is that it's none of anyone's damn business who I choose to take up with, so long as we're both consenting adults. The same applies to you.
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