So you want to tie the knot, eh? Well, hundreds of bridal industry businesses want to jump on your boat and drain you for all you're worth, apparently. Dresses can cost up to infinity. Then there's the veil and the shoes and the reception hall and the food and the flowers and the DJ and the party favors and the musicians at the ceremony and the marriage license fee and then you've gotta cough up $400 just to pay some stranger to say a few legally binding words at your non-religious ceremony because of some stupid-ass state law that requires a state-registered officiant to preside over ceremonies.
There's all this hullabaloo about same-sex marriage. Well, clearly the answer is that THE STATE SHOULD GET THE HELL OUT OF MARRIAGE. But of course, all those marriage license fees and boons for the the booming wedding officiant industry--you can't easily wipe those out...
Grrrrrr.
