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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Homo Redefining The Word "Marriage"

Posted by on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:34 PM

The gays didn't do it. Mirriam-Webster did.

(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 b: the mutual relation of married persons : wedlock c: the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage

Via JoeMyGod—and, yes, the American Talibangelists are not pleased.

 

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Wasn't there a Slog troll who recently tried to say that marriage is only between a man and a woman because that's how it's defined in the dictionary? Ha ha, sucker.
Posted by snargent pepper on March 18, 2009 at 1:37 PM
2
Hmmm, Websters actually uses the word "consensual". Ironic, considering...
Posted by Dougsf on March 18, 2009 at 1:44 PM
3
I love teh internets!!!
Posted by Urgutha Forka on March 18, 2009 at 1:46 PM
4
'Tas Glorious beneficial revolution comin'!
Posted by orge on March 18, 2009 at 1:47 PM
5
Go Mirriam-Webster! There will be some heads exploding in the red states tonight :)
Posted by Cracker Jack on March 18, 2009 at 1:47 PM
6
Yes, because the meanings of words are permanent, ever-fixed, and unchanging.
Posted by "Cool" Has Always ONLY Meant "Chilly" on March 18, 2009 at 1:48 PM
7
Well that's at least three words we've taken over.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionar…
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionar…

We must not stop until every word has homosexual in it's definition! Even "straight", and "heterosexual"!
Posted by Rob in Baltimore on March 18, 2009 at 1:48 PM
8
Um, that would be Merriam-Webster, Dan...
Posted by M. on March 18, 2009 at 1:51 PM
9
I'm waiting for conservatives to reject the "liberal Merriam-Webster Dictionary" and publish their own, in the fashion of the ridiculous Conservapedia.
Posted by Bub on March 18, 2009 at 1:52 PM
10
Attempts to ban this dictionary begin in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Posted by Heather on March 18, 2009 at 1:53 PM
11
Sweet! I heart the dictionary's strange power in moments like this.
Posted by leek on March 18, 2009 at 1:53 PM
12
we've won. it's only a matter of time now.
Posted by guy on March 18, 2009 at 1:57 PM
13
Quick, somebody call Rush and apologize!
Posted by Vince on March 18, 2009 at 1:57 PM
14
Wow.

The Queers really do rule.
Victory after victory.
You should go out tonite for a celebratory night on the town with your spouse....

oh wait;...

sorry
Posted by marriage; so easy even a caveman can do it! on March 18, 2009 at 2:08 PM
15
Bob Unruh is an awesome troglodyte name.
Posted by elenchos on March 18, 2009 at 2:10 PM
16
This is just ONE step accomplished in the Homosexual Agenda. Next it will be gender neutral toilettes on airplanes, as many gender neutral words in the dictionary as possible (we'll no long have to say aviatrix), and last but not least EVERYONE will want to look as sophisticated and well dressed as Gay Americans.

Skip to agenda item number 4 if you're already looking sophisticated.
Posted by Sargon Bighorn on March 18, 2009 at 2:10 PM
17
Dictionary FTW!
Posted by Hernandez on March 18, 2009 at 2:17 PM
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Don't forget 'Depends' dispensers in every bathroom.
Posted by Dan 'Skidmark' Savage on March 18, 2009 at 2:18 PM
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@16, you'll have to pry the word "aviatrix" out of my cold, dead hands.
Posted by Fnarf on March 18, 2009 at 2:21 PM
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@9 Conservatives already hate the dictionary because it has "bad" words in there. Fuck, bitch, sex, fun, freedom, shit... Good "christian" southerners don't read books like that.
Posted by Allyn on March 18, 2009 at 2:24 PM
21
Again, in Canada, Spain etc etc.. same sex marriage exists. it is a real thing. Keeping it out of the dictionary will not change that.
Posted by Kip Waddle on March 18, 2009 at 2:44 PM
22
Glad to here it.
Posted by kim in portland on March 18, 2009 at 2:47 PM
23
Wow -- the comments on the YouTube vid in the linked page make the ECB thing look like a love fest!
Posted by Cracker Jack on March 18, 2009 at 2:48 PM
24
It's such a silly thing, the response. A dictionary is a record and reflection upon the language we speak day to day. The dictionary doesn't decide anything. Someone needs to let them know this, because it's clear they don't understand it.
Posted by another Andy on March 18, 2009 at 4:06 PM
25
Merriam and Webster are obviously a gay couple.
Posted by Jeremy from Seattle on March 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
26
Awesome.
Posted by Glossy on March 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
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25,

Does that make the Roget's Thesaurus their foster child?
Posted by yucca flower on March 18, 2009 at 5:28 PM
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@20 Good "christian" southerners don't read, period.
Posted by good atheist southerner on March 18, 2009 at 5:45 PM
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Ah, good old fashioned ignorant bigotry comes in every color of the rainbow.
Posted by there is no bigot like a smug bigot on March 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM
30
I wonder if Bob Unruh is related to Leslie Unruh, of South Dakota anti-choice/woman/Constitution bat-shit-crazy fame.
Posted by out-hustle the crazies on March 18, 2009 at 6:55 PM
31
Merriam-Webster is a COMMUNIST dictionary that promotes homosexuality.
Posted by Lord Basil on March 19, 2009 at 2:10 AM
32
16 - I get that you're being snarky, but really, isn't a lot of the push for gender neutral terms also from the feminist movement?
Posted by DJDeeJay on March 19, 2009 at 7:48 AM
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@28
Think again.
Posted by Intellectual Southerner on March 28, 2009 at 7:48 AM

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