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And even if I don’t have my family’s support — which, frankly, I do not — I’m still married. … Marriage may be a bond between two individuals, affirmed and supported by those the couple elicits for help, but it can’t possibly be — and should not be — with everyone.

If marriage is a chosen bond between individuals that doesn’t require the support or recognition of other people, then what’s keeping same-sex couples from getting married now? Nobody, as far as I know, is forcibly preventing gay couples from committing to each other ‘till death do they part, and holding a ceremony to formalize it where they say “I thee wed,” and describing themselves as “married,” “spouses,” etc. thereafter. So then what’s all the fuss about? Same-sex couples can already get married today, if that’s all that there is to it.