What marriage is not.

     I want to help out America (Or at least the very few people who might actually read this).  THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A DICTIONARY.  And in this dictionary are definitions.  I'll assume any libs in the audience are still with me.  Definitions tell us what words mean.  For instance, a tiger is an animal that has stripes (bad definition, I know). 

     Here's something else that definitions do.  They limit the possible meanings of a word.  Tiger could mean a table, if you let it, but that's where a definition comes in.  Because we know what a tiger is, we know what it isn't. 

     Admittedly, definitions are then VERY discriminatory things.  NO OTHER animal gets the chance to be a tiger.  Its very sad.  But here's another example, Marriage.  Marriage is the exclusive union between a man and woman till death.  Again, this is admittedly VERY discriminatory.  We exclude homosexuals, and affairs, and prostitutes, and any other relationship.  However, libs want to solve this problem by appearing to CARE.  They want to solve it by making a zebra a tiger too.  This makes the Zebra feel better, but what's stopping a snail from enjoying the same priviledge?  If we allow marriage to be twisted, what is stopping two bisexuals and one heterosexual from becoming marriage?  DON"T YOU CARE ABOUT THEM TOO? 

     We cannot allow this to happen; no matter how many feelings this hurts, or however many people it excludes.  Marriage as it should be is what has always worked, it is the norm, and to redefine it is to destroy any meaning to the term, besides many other unhealthy side effects.  Simply put, I don't care if Bob sleeps with Jim.  Its unhealthy and immorral, but still none of my business; but it is NOT marriage.

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Are you saying a prostitute isnt a person and cant get married? The analogy confused me :)

Sorry :) I meant that a prostitute sleeping with her client is not marriage just the same as two homos.

I'll say that something is a bit off about this, but I like your point. Many people like to think that everything is relative these days. Therefore, even though one person may think that the definition of a word is pretty straightforward, another person may see it as ambiguous and something that should be redefined!

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What dictionary are you using? I suggest Merriam-Webster http://www.m-w.com

--Mike

Its too bad that you aren't very knowledgable about the way that words change meanings and how concepts and institutions evolve. For example, if you look at the Oxford English Dictionary and search for the word nice, you will find out that it has changed meaning at least once during the years. Currently, it lists the present day meaning with a pleasant connotation. However, centuries ago, nice was an extremely derogatory word, in essence calling the subject to which it referred a promiscuous and slutty. So, before banging on your dictionary, keep in mind that language and words are fluid things that change.

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