The Declaration of Independence confers upon us certain unalienable rights, including the pursuit of happiness. If that pursuit happens to be in the form of a sprint to marriage, rather than a three-day marathon, the government has no business interfering. Freedom, by definition, includes the freedom to make mistakes. Many a whirlwind romance has no doubt ended up in that category. But others haven't.
Marriage carries certain risks, as does just about every aspect of life.
The last thing this country needs is for meddling legislators to extend their reach further into the private lives of citizens by treating marriage as if it were some sort of dangerous weapon that, upon falling into the hands of the unprepared, might go off and hurt someone. Unfortunately, this latest intrusion is no laughing matter.