Sure, I wholly respect and agree with your reply. I recognize that it is just as difficult, if not more difficult in the United States.

I do not "expect" any of these "rights" to be handed to me on a silver platter. Nor do I "expect" to participate in Swiss society. I would simply "like" to work for a living so I can support myself without having to "get married". Isn't "getting married" in my situation taking advantage of Swiss society for my own benefit? I'm already not supposed to be here so two wrongs don't make a right. Right??

I would like to have Swiss health insurance, I would like to have a bank account, and as I've already mentioned, I would like to work. Believe me, I am more than willing to earn these "rights" or privileges. I just don't want to falsify the institution of marriage for these privileges.

And obviously, if I thought I had a "right" to be here, I wouldn't be asking how to go about getting a residency permit the correct way. If I have no other options, I completely understand that going back to the US is something I might have to do. As much as I don't like the idea of that, I would rather have a long-distance relationship than get married for convenience because I believe anything worth having is worth working for.