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Nature, history and anthropology show that marriage as a unit between one man and one woman has proven to be good and right, first and foremost for children but also for the general welfare of society. This kind of lifelong relationship is a most common longing by most people, even in our day and age in the post-modern Western world.
Anyone who has travelled in Southeast Asia knows that not every Rolex you can buy is a genuine Rolex. Likewise, not everything called a marriage will necessary constitute one. Some Rolex and so called marriages will never reach the optimal, regardless of fancy labels and legislation.
Nevertheless there is an increasing trend to neutralize marriage legally, initially to gender neutralize it, i.e. legalizing gay marriages. The proponents of this imply that marriage cannot be defined or limited and thus could have various compositions. But here you open a Pandora’s Box, a can of worms. If marriage is nothing, then it is everything. If it is neutral and non-definable then there is no stopping - then gender neutral may just becomes a beginning. Furthermore, lobbying is already underway in several countries for quantity neutral marriages, i.e. polygamy.
Canada’s decision to legalize gay marriage has paved the way for polygamy to be legal as well, a defense lawyer said as leaders of polygamous communities made their first court appearance recently: “If (homosexuals) can marry, what is the reason that public policy says one person can’t marry more than one person?” said Blair Suffredine, a former provincial lawmaker.
What’s next? Age neutral marriages – adults with kids? Relations neutral – incestuous? Species neutral - man with horse? Reality check, please – before it’s too late!
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