G. Clarke
2009-05-27 17:52:43
Question: If you change the definition of marriage as it has stood for the last 3 million years of human reproduction to mean “two or more people shacking up together,” then what word do you use for a man and woman committing themselves to each other for life for the purpose of making babies and raising them to adult hood, as the fruit of their holy union? I want a word for it. Eskimos have 78 words for snow. Can’t we have one word for the cornerstone of Human Survival? We already lost the word “Gay.” I can’t watch “The Gay Divorcee” with Fred Astaire today without having the unintended double entendre get stuck in my head. So for this reason, and the principles behind it, I don’t want to lose the word Marriage. Vive La Difference!
