Marriage in the U.S.

So, I think a lot. And I was thinking today. And I realized something that I thought might be worthwhile to share.

Let me start with a fact. It is not a fact because it's been tested (although perhaps there is proof in history) but it is a fact because anyone who's ever known another person and that person can be themselves knows this to be true. The fact is: even in anarchy people will get married.

You don't need government to get married. Especially not a government that is secular such as the United States (check the constitution it should mention being secular somewhere). Marriage is more a cultural and religious thing. I would even call marriage as being something so fundamental that it goes beyond culture and religion because it exists in all societies that I know of. The rules and standards may vary but marriage exists everywhere.

That is why I have a question. Why do people need marriage between anything other than a man and woman to be legalized when it is not the government's job to define marriage? The U.S. does not tell us what we are "legally" allowed to eat or when we are "legally" allowed to sleep. Marriage is basically one of those fundamental rights.

Of course marriage may not be recognized by the government. And this completely fine, because the only reason that the government even provides such a service as recognizing marriage is because of taxes and other mostly monetary benefits.

This means people are completely free to marry whomever they please as long as it does not involve registration with the government or a public service performed by public official. A public official performing a private service off-duty should be completely legitimate. Besides that people can follow whatever marriage ceremony they so chose whether it be by a priest in a church or a friend in a pool. It is all within the rights of being a U.S. citizen. They can exchange rings, they can kiss, they can promise, they can salute. It ain't illegal.

I know that there is one more small teeny tiny problem to this. That when people see a chance to discriminate they get violent. Now there is one more fact that some people choose to ignore and that is power. Power is the freedom of choice. Plain and simple. It is being able to take, to give, to love, to hate. It is yelling, it is screaming, it is comforting. Not a lot of people will accept that those with power should get there way. But it is true. They don't accept this rule of power because they don't understand power. Power is not just force, it is friends, it is money, it is courage, it is fame, it is generosity, it is silence, it is voice.

You see all those people who will hurt you if you get married to whomever you want? You know what to do? You become more powerful than them. You make them your foundation. You make them part of the solution. Because if you can't beat 'em, you join 'em. And that ain't givin' in. It's power. That is the power of adaptation and the power of creation. Because there will always be a leader and a follower. Because the leader is powerful. Because the follower is powerful too.