With more than half of all blissful unions ending in divorce, America is struggling to come to grips with a broadening definition of family, and a public that seems more excited about wedding gown fashion than marriage for life. This past week, however, the venerable human institution made news without Vera Wang or Liz Taylor. While on the surface these stories seem vastly different and totally unrelated, at heart, they are totally symmetrical. What they have in common, is The End of Marriage, as we Know It. Opponents demonstrated over the weekend, but to no avail.
Most legal scholars agree that as goes Vermont, so goes the rest of the country, eventually.
It appears that Gay couples may have to litigate further to make that happen. Still, a change in the way America does marriage has clearly occurred. Even the most liberal translation of the Bible has nothing nice to say about homosexuality, and there is no mention of even a possibility of expanding the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. Not even in Proverbs, which gets real lovey-dovey in some stanzas. Very religious people will face a severe challenge to their core belief if Gay marriage stands the test of law and spreads nationwide.