Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

Marriage is the union of a man and woman as husband and wife.

Who are you to define "marriage" thusly? Other cultures and religions
define it quite differently. You've failed to account for polygamy,
polyandry, group marriage, serial marriage, and probably other forms of
this particular institution with which I'm even less familiar.

So what about this "freedom" you claim to desire?

- Andrew