Prop 8
Marriage. Say what you want about the definition of marriage; it did not begin as a way for men and women to increase the population of the world. It began as an institution to basically enslave women. (Visit the Emlen Physic Estate in Cape May for further details). What can I say; I’m a romantic. While remnants of the forced marriage era still linger (think: name changes), fortunately the institution of marriage evolved, in most countries, into a public display of love and dedication of one man and one woman from now to eternity or until the legal system deems them apart.
Some say this eternity is meant to be spent with children. There are many men and women who get married without the intention having children. Some don’t want them. Some can’t have them. Some have no desire to adopt them. And some simply can’t afford them. Fortunately for them, according to my Bible of Dictionaries, Merriam Webster does not mention children in its definition of marriage. In fact (and I believe this is recent because I look up this word often), m-w.com added same-sex marriages in its definition. This is not surprising because, if you can add bootylicious to a dictionary, is it really hard to add a little number (2) to an existing definition?
