Pursuit of Fairness in Marriage

Marriage is really a great thing, possibly the greatest thing that we embark on in this life. From my perspective, it is the ultimate pursuit of happiness that we can embark on. As the right to pursue happiness is outlined in the United States Constitution, is this great thing entitled to us through this statement? Since I am infact married, I'm sure you would all say that I have a vested interest in the success of it, or it is something I am invested in.

It is my perspective that every individual in this great nation should have a happy marriage, be free to pursue having children and all of those wonderful things that come from a peaceful marriage. Considering the government has moved in a direction of late to "protecting our life, liberty, and happiness" instead of "protecting our right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness," it is my perception that it is the government's role to see that we are all married and that we live our lives married.

Bear with me here, because I know this goes against the main stream. This might be crazy talk to all of you. If everyone always had someone to come home to and vent about their day or to share in all of their professional achievements, overall loneliness would be diminished. Suicides might decline in this country if everyone had someone. Why should the population's happiness be limited in the pursuit of love that is always an emotional struggle? If it was entitled by the state, would we not be all the happier from the start and be lacking happiness for a smaller portion of our lives?

Not only this, but since the supply of "desirable" spouses is probably not 100%, then the government can "subsidize" those who are stuck with less desirable spouses. This way, if you're marriage isn't great then the government can give you a little bit back if through your own choice of a spouse or the unfortunate events beyond your control. Happiness is the ultimate goal here, and the state should do what is in its power to make it happen.

The power wielded in order to get a schmuck like me married is certain to infringe on the rights of another. No one would want to be married to me, but if the government paid them to do it then we would all be better off. I would be married to someone with which I have not earned and someone would be married to me, an individual which reduces their standard of life. It's all fair isn't it, in the name of ultimate happiness?

Perhaps so. As it is the place of the government in these unsettling times to take earned property and added happiness from individuals and giving to others who through their own actions or circumstance are less fortunate, why limit "happiness" to mere money. Money is the root of all evil, but love is what truly sustains us (or can build a bridge as Hilary Clinton would say).

Would this system water down marriage? Is what makes marriages great the pursuit of that ultimate happiness? Is it sweeter if you had to work for it? If it takes work once you have it day in and day out, does that make it more moral or honorable? Are you less likely to "default" on it if you could lose it? If you ultimately find your own spouse through your own struggle, do you find someone more your equal and not someone who will ultimately make you less happy?

If the system was set up this way, it is certain that some would leave the pursuit of marriage up to circumstance so as to avoid the emotional costs associated with its pursuit. Some would continue to pursue that ultimate happiness without the entitlement of marriage.

The ultimate question is whether the happiness and emotional protection that comes with marriage is entiteled to us all. If the government can make the "beautiful, selfless, and intelligent" a little less happy to make all of society happy in the realm of financial security through redistribution of their finances, then why not give ultimate emotional security to society in with the redistribution of their emotional excesses?

It's only fair. Shouldn't the most happy be a little less happy to make all of society not depressed?