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Originally Posted by SteveMax58
Understood on the origination of marriage as a concept but its taken on a completely different definition in US vernacular. Once vernacular has morphed the definition it isn't easy to get back to the original definition & sometimes its just as well to use a new term thats less associative.
No different than a lot of words that are not considered appropriate such as the word retarded being applied to a person that is mentally handicapped.
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It's not illegal to use the word retarded though. If the definition of a word wants to change over time, that's fine, but it shouldn't be illegal to use for a segment of the population. Like I said earlier, I don't care what we call it for everyone, just as long as it's the same.