What’s wrong with shacking up?  America became a de facto shack up society years ago.  Marriage, we were told, was passé.  Why bother about rings?  Shacking up has advantages that marriage doesn’t.  What if the guy or gal you’re “cohabiting” with turns out to be human?  Ours being a maturity-arrested society, we need easier outs when our fantasies fail.  Marriage is inhibiting and a heavy-lift – why, at times, it’s downright oppressive.  It’s so adult and so complicated, it spoils the fun.  If Jason or Amber don’t make the cut, on to the next bed partner.  Fun.       Yet this curious current mania about gays marrying.  The institution of marriage has been under a bigger assault than Fort Sumter since, at least, the Summer of Love.  Though shacking up is the ticket for Matt and Sophia, it ain’t good enough for Ralph and Biff, or...(Read Full Article)