Webster Redefines Marriage
In 2003, the Merriam-Webster company, which has been publishing dictionaries since 1847, added a secondary definition for marriage, which included same sex couples. Only this week did the change gain national attention. According to a press release from Merriam-Webster, quoted by the Associated Press, "The edited entry merely reflected the frequency with which the term 'same-sex marriage' had popped up in print and become part of the general lexicon. Its inclusion was a simple matter of providing dictionary users with accurate information about all of the word's current uses."
The current definition of marriage found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is: (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)." [FoxNews.com]
Noah Webster would never have allowed his name to be associated with this! "His 1828 American Dictionary contained the greatest number of Biblical definitions given in any reference volume." [Wikipedia]
Just another sign of the times...
2 comments:
If you get to thinking about it, marriage is not really a marriage unless God's blessing is upon it, they can reword the definition all they want, without God's blessing, you just have a liscense.
I had to go see it for myself. Sad...
Thank you so much for your sweet comment yesterday. I'm so blessed to have you as a friend!
Love,
Denise
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