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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=090233420-25052004></SPAN>D<SPAN
class=090233420-25052004>o they? </SPAN><SPAN class=090233420-25052004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3> <FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000
size=2>Dictionary-makers can redefine something until they are blue in the
face.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=090233420-25052004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2>A
definition has to follow usage, as far as I am concerned. There needs to be
a</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=090233420-25052004>critical mass for a term to be
redefined. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=090233420-25052004>It will
be hard to redefine the institution </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=090233420-25052004>of "marriage", just when
I think of what</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=090233420-25052004>is
considered "marriage" in the three monotheistic religions and in traditional
religions.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=090233420-25052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=090233420-25052004>Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=090233420-25052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3> </FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><SPAN class=090233420-25052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>phil cash
cash wrote:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=090233420-25052004> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=090233420-25052004> </SPAN><STRONG>Dictionaries take
lead in redefining modern
marriage<BR>http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040524-103201-1169r.htm<BR></DIV></STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE><?/color><?/fontfamily>
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