Your post is full of wisdom. Too bad so many people do not understand what is going on. At some point, events will bring down the house that George Orwell warned us about decades ago. Lately, I have read several examples of how the left constantly changes our language in a way that confuses our perception of what is said. Recently, I have read several articles which no longer refer to a spouse as a husband or wife. Now, they are referred to in elite circles, as “partners,” so that one does not know whether they cohabitate or are gay. I resent that. I want to know whether people are married or not, and, it would be helpful to know if they are gay. Such a thing would not discriminate against anyone, but would just give us an idea of the culture we live in. Some of us are slow learners and need time to change perceptions we always thought were timeless.
Marriage is a legal contract between partners, and should certainly be referred to separately from two people simply “playing married”. Partners in a marriage contract have rights and responsibilities that simply don’t exist when people just live together; joint responsibility for finances comes to mind first. If I live with my girlfriend I’m not legally responsible for her spending - or entitled to the joint assets if she dies (for example, her family would have a stronger legal claim to her car, pets, etc.).