Marriage...

I don't know who started it, I don't know when it started.  But, when the governments of our States began issuing Marriage Certificates, the line in the sand was drawn.

Up to then, marriage was little more than a religious ritual to legalize what?  Sharing a bed?  Giving a birth-right name to an off-spring?  Making two instead of one responsible for incurred debt?

I guess I'm just pointing out that the argument about WHO has a right to marry seems a little bazaar when you consider the totality of just what the ritual is trying to accomplish.