Marriage is the one threshold-crossing that, like this new millennium, is universal. You can't say that about your birth or your death. Today we expect to define our marriages and our families to suit our individual lifestyles and personalities. Not everyone can decide that he'll tend the children while she works on her career. And, it seems that marriage between same-sex couples will have to wait for the next millennium.
Humanity still has a way to go.
I hope you will appreciate the truly awesome power you wield just by presuming to exercise your power of intention. Think about how the children of the future will regard you when they look back to study marriage and family at the turn of the third millennium. Because you say so.