'''Same-sex "marriage"''' is at the forefront of the [[gay rights movement]]'s attempt to destroy the [[family]] as institution, merely to secure a legal basis for [[sexual freedom]]. The battle over this issue is starting to look as large as the fight over slavery in 1860. [http://www.newsweek.com/id/172653/page/1]
United States law forbids any kind of marriage other than "one man, one woman". This specifically rules out [[polygamy]].<ref> There are also laws to protect children from being exploited (see [[statutory rape]], [[incest]], [[child molesting]]).</ref> These laws enshrine the scriptural teachings of Christianity and have the support of Judaism and Islam.
The primary purpose of marriage is to bring joy to society as much as to safeguard the development of happy families. It is not for individual glory. Unrelated people living together (in sin) make each other miserable and harm society. The battle over this issue is starting to look as large as the fight over slavery in 1860, [http://www.newsweek.com/id/172653/page/1] with proponents of [[individual freedom]] claiming that the rights of any one citizen must always trump those of society.