What is marriage?

[Jennifer5]

What is marriage?

This is a very open ended topic, I don't know exactly what I'm looking to get out of this.

I'm from a family of people who are good evidence of the 50% (or less) that do last, my aunt/uncle with 20 years and my grandparents with 50+.

Clearly, marriage does work some of the time.

Then my mom, two divorces. Then, soooo many others who have ended up divorced.

Then there is my brother who has been with his girlfriend for over 5 years, he's only 25.

When I run across the question, "do you want to get married someday?" I always find myself saying no. Not because I don't want a loving relationship, I do... but because I don't really believe that marriage means anything anymore.

For my generation and my brother's, this is not an uncommon feeling.

We are here fighting for equal marriage rights though, so I ask... what is it about this commitment that still means so much too us/you?

Homosexuals want is so badly and the heterosexuals refuse to give it the respect it deserves.