What's the point?

I was just reading through some U.S. News, and now i'm just so depressed. One article was talking about how much the Iraq War is costing us yearly (just so you all know, Fiscal year 2005 we spent $120 Billion on the war, Fiscal year 2006 that increased to $170 Billion...that's INSANE!!!). That's just crazy amounts of money we are spending on something a lot of people don't even agree on. Not only that, its something that isn't benefiting us At all! That's insane. Don't you think?

Second article that really upset me was an article about the Massachusetts Judiciary saying lawmakers are not required to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage between a man and a woman. I have never understood the arguments of marriage being a sacred union between a man and a woman. I know one person who is married and doesn't believe that at all. In his words "its a piece of fucking paper, and its what she's going to use to get most of my money if i ever chose to leave". Not too sacred if you ask me. So it got me to thinking about how this country goes from trying to give all its citizens the same rights, to going back to no longer providing everyone with the equal rights. In my person opinion, marriage doesn't have ANYTHING to do with the state. The sacredness of a marriage is in the couples opinion, and nothing more! Who is the state, a senator, a mayor, a president to say I cannot marry who I want...whether that be a man or a woman. And, further more, who are they to say I have to marry. Do you know how many couples are out there that refuse to get married because of the negative view they see on the "institution of marriage". I know people who refuse to get married because their relationship is already sacred...to them...and that's what matters. Who cares if two men want to have the same "piece of fucking paper" that a man and a woman choose to have. They are going to be together whether that have that paper or not, so why don't we just let them do it. It's not hurting us one way or the other. Not anymore than a miserable couple staying married for the sake of the children, but openly have other "side relationships". Get over yourselves people. Mind your own fucking business and let whoever wants that union have it. Who are we to judge what anyone does with their own lives.
UGH!!!!!!