Posted on 03/20/2009 9:16:47 AM PDT by JoeProBono
SAN FRANCISCO - Same-sex marriage might not be recognized in most states, but it is in the dictionary.
Merriam-Webster included a secondary definition of marriage to recognize same-sex relationships several years before gay couples were allowed to tie the knot anywhere in the United States, but the change had gone largely unnoticed until the conservative World Net Daily news site reported it Tuesday.
"One of the nation's most prominent dictionary companies has resolved the argument over whether the term 'marriage' should apply to same-sex duos or be reserved for the institution that has held families together for millennia: by simply writing a new definition," World Net wrote in an online story published Tuesday...But in a nod to evolving ideas of love and English usage, the Springfield, Mass.-based company in 2003 added a secondary meaning for "marriage" as "the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage."
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Supposed to be on the right hand...flames!
Why don’t they just call it “Gayrriage” and stop trying to simultaneously be different and the same?
Gawd, I’m getting sick of the homo lobby wanting to have it both ways! (pun semi-intended)
The homoseuxal lobby says the BEHAVIOR of homosexuals is beyond their control, however the disgust and rejection of homosexual behavior is itself a behavior that CAN BE CONSTROLLED?!?!
(footnote: looks like the sentiment on the homosexual restaurant disney is opening on their boardwalk is getting a firm NO GO from normal people who hear about it.)
They can call it whatever they want, doesn’t make it so. Marriage is a religious institution created by God, and He sets the terms.
They might be laughing all the way to the county clerks office now, but eternity will be a long time to burn.
And burn they will.
No matter how much permission the American people give them, it will be insufficient.
God has nothing to do with this.
This is the homosexual lobby and the left wing lawyers pushing the meme that only the goverment grants or denies rights.
You don’t need any religious objection to be opposed to homosexual based marraige. Homosexual behavior contributes NOTHING to the future of society. zip. Society rewards the institution of marriage because if promotes the furtherance and continuance of society.
Homosexual marriage is only about how some adults pop off an orgasm. nothing else. Rights via orgams success.
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