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Originally posted by irateplatypus
charlatan:
no one was debating whether words were ever changed or not. that has nothing to do with whether that practice is proper or improper.
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Actually, someone
was debating whether words were ever changed or not and that would be
you, right here:
Quote:
Originally posted by irateplatypus
i'm not entirely against granting gays a sort of civil union status that gives them the same tax breaks and rights that a marriage does, but i think it is ludicrous to call that relationship a marriage. a marriage is a personal/social/legal bond between a man and a woman. it is NOT anything between 2 people of the same sex. that is how it has been defined since the birth of our language. why is it that people think it is ok to hijack words like this?
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The underlining is done by me to point out he relevant parts of the quote.
I think it's pretty clear that
you were talking about the evolution of language...