Everyone should be able to wed

Yes, that is my opinion. Equality for all! Seriously, its about LOVE. I never heard of a marriage where they got together because someone was the right gender. pshhhh

• In the United States, there is no law or religious dictate that says the bride must take the groom’s last name. However, approximately 70% of Americans agree that a bride should change her last name.
• The Penan nomads who live on the island Borneo (southwest of the Philippines) maintain that women do not have a soul until their wedding day
•  Early Roman brides carried a bunch of herbs, such as garlic and rosemary, under their veils to symbolize fidelity and fertility and to ward off evil. These herbs served as a precursor to the modern bridal bouquet
• Because white is the color of mourning in Eastern cultures, white wedding dresses are uncommon
• Las Vegas is the top wedding destination with over 100,000 weddings a year, followed by Hawaii at 25,000 weddings a year.
• Wedding rings are often placed on the third finger of the left hand because ancient Egyptians believed the vein in that hand (which the Romans called the “vein of love”) ran directly to the heart
• The bride’s veil traditionally symbolized her youth and virginity
• Throwing rice at weddings symbolizes fertility, prosperity, and bounty
• Guests in ancient times would tear off part of the bride’s gown as tokens of good luck, leading to the tradition of the bride throwing both her garter and her bouquet
• The phrase “tying the knot” initially came from an ancient Babylonian custom in which threads from the clothes of both the bride and bridegroom were tied in a knot to symbolize the couple’s union
• A bride is traditionally carried over the threshold either to symbolize her reluctance to leave her father’s home
•  A morganatic marriage is a union of a person of royal blood with one of inferior rank
• To ensure fertility, the Irish would take a hen that was about to lay an egg and tie it to the wedding bed
• In Ethiopia, women from certain tribes place plates in their lower lip in order to entice a rich groom. The larger the protruding lip, the more a groom will pay
• Some scholars claim the word “honeymoon” comes from the Teutonic custom when newlyweds would hide out and drink hydromel (a fermented honey and water mixture) for 30 days until the moon waned
• The top 10 “First Dance” songs in the U.S. include “The Way You Look Tonight,” “Just the Way You Are,” “Come Away with Me,” Unforgettable,” “Wonderful Tonight,” “From This Moment On,” “This I Promise You,” “Thank You For Loving Me,” “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” and “All I Ask of You.”
• Queen Victoria’s wedding cake was three yards wide and weighed 300 pounds
• Queen Elizabeth II had 12 wedding cakes. The one she cut at her wedding was nine feet tall and weighed 500 pounds
• In the United States, June is the most popular month for weddings, followed by August.^h
• Nearly $72 billion is spent on weddings every year in the United States