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Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« on: May 25, 2012, 05:43:40 PM »
Dictionaries apparently do have the power to offend.

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More than 65,000 people have signed a Change.org petition challenging Dictionary.com to “correct” its definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.

Dictionary.com currently defines marriage as “the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.” and, alternatively, as “a similar institution involving partners of the same gender: gay marriage.”

The petition asks that the definition instead describe marriage as “the social institution under which a man and woman, woman and woman, or man and man establish their decision to live as spouses by legal commitments, etc.”

Mike Raven, the brother of a lesbian, said he started the petition because his sister was offended by the constitutional amendment that recently banned gay marriage in North Carolina.

“If this whole argument comes down to an intangible definition of marriage, then it’s time for that definition to change,” Raven explained at Change.org. “While we cannot change the oppressive and discriminatory way that some religions continue to define marriage, we can go to an even better place. I believe it is time to correct the definition of Marriage at our sources for what words mean: dictionaries.”

According to The Huffington Post, Raven’s target is not likely to change its definition any time soon.

“We recognize that the word marriage is at the center of nationwide debate,” Dictionary.com told HuffPo in a statement. “As we continually seek the best way to convey how all words are being used in multiple contexts, we appreciate all suggestions regarding the description of the current semantic status of ‘marriage,’ and constantly strive to marry the multifaceted strands in a way that is as comprehensive as possible.”

President Barack Obama announced his personal support for same-sex marriage two weeks ago, but the controversial topic remains a divisive political issue throughout the country.

Dictionary.com attracts about 50 million visitors a month, according to the petition.


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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2012, 05:56:43 PM »
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Dictionaries apparently do have the power to offend.

Some folks just live to be offended.

(It's the least that I can do to accommodate them)
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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2012, 09:15:06 PM »
Quote from: Alphabet Soup on May 25, 2012, 05:56:43 PM
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Dictionaries apparently do have the power to offend.

Some folks just live to be offended.

(It's the least that I can do to accommodate them)

 And how.
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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2012, 10:06:54 PM »
Why not they've already been successful in changing the definition of "natural born citizen" to mean anyone born in that country from the meaning one whose parents are both citizens of that country at the time of birth.
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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2012, 10:18:06 PM »
and don't forget that most offensive thing of all--the constitutional amendment

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his sister was offended by the constitutional amendment that recently banned gay marriage in North Carolina.
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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2012, 08:53:03 AM »
This has been the true goal all along, and we all knew it. They're just attacking the definition from the other end now as well. Rather than just getting court decisions to redefine marriage and then waiting for society to bring its dictionary up to date, why not force the very definition to change and then wait for the courts to fulfill the definition.

It's a brilliant attack; truly inspired by the spiritual enemy of humankind himself. Imagine Satan's evil chortle as he watches the greatest nation on earth move towards a society-wide sanction of the most heinous perversions. He's been there to see its destructive force in people and nations throughout time, whispering moral equivalence into people's minds. He knows what's in store for such a nation, and he delights at the prospect.
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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2012, 09:16:32 AM »
Quote from: Pandora on May 25, 2012, 05:43:40 PM
More than 65,000 people have signed a Change.org petition challenging Dictionary.com to “correct” its definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.

65K? I'd say that's a LITTLE less than a majority. Of course that's never stopped them from forcing their will down out throats before.

That didn't sound quite right. ::puke::
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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2012, 10:00:06 AM »
Quote from: AlanS on May 26, 2012, 09:16:32 AM
Quote from: Pandora on May 25, 2012, 05:43:40 PM
More than 65,000 people have signed a Change.org petition challenging Dictionary.com to “correct” its definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.

65K? I'd say that's a LITTLE less than a majority. Of course that's never stopped them from forcing their will down out throats before.

That didn't sound quite right. ::puke::

They're bottom-feeders.

But then, that might give them some homo-erotic thrills too.
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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2012, 04:17:39 PM »
We live in a world now that if you're  loud enough, blatant enough and persistent enough you can make enough people hand over their brain to you.


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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2012, 10:04:25 PM »
Yup.

Gutless.  Can't stand it!   ::gaah::
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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2012, 04:01:48 AM »
It will happen . Liberal academics write the dictionaries . Look at Webster's definitions of "conservative" and "liberal" . That tells it all !
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Re: Petition to change dictionary’s definition of marriage
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2012, 11:42:33 AM »
About all we have going for us is higher illiteracy rates among leftists vs conservatives.
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