March
24
My friend Solange forwarded this to me and I had to share it with everyone else.
If you look up in the online webster dictionary for marriage, you will find the following:
Main Entry:
- mar·riage
- Pronunciation:
- \?mer-ij, ?ma-rij\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to marry
- Date:
- 14th century
1 a (1): the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2): the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage <same-sex marriage> b: the mutual relation of married persons : wedlock c: the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage2: an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected ; especially : the wedding ceremony and attendant festivities or formalities3: an intimate or close union <the marriage of painting and poetry — J. T. Shawcross>
Webster has updated its definition. I wonder when the States will do the same…
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Jim Prettyman
on 24 Mar 2009 at 2:07 pm #
I also wonder the same. But all we can do now is to Unite and hope it’s soon