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I think this is getting off the topic of lexicography. I will quickly respond:<div><br></div><div>For Buddhism, "marriage" is used in, for example, the SGI sect. In general, Buddhism is about self-fulfillment and spirituality, lacking the rules and regulations so common in the Abrahamist tradition. </div><div><br></div><div>For Christianity, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessing_of_same-sex_unions_in_Christian_churches">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessing_of_same-sex_unions_in_Christian_churches</a>, where you will find such sects as the Church of Sweden, the United Church of Canada and the Mennonite Church in the Netherlands. There are also lots and lots of other religions sects such as the Society of Friends (Quakers), some of which accept same-sex marriage and others which do not. </div><div><br></div><div>For Judaism, there are also many sects that recognize same-sex marriage. Just the other day, the Supreme Court in Israel ruled that same-sex marriages made outside of Israel must be recognized by the government so that Jews (in particular) can leave the country, enter into a same-sex marriage, and be recognized by the Israeli government. (Same-sex marriages as many other religious marriages cannot be legally performed within the country, though.)</div><div><br></div><div>For Islam, the third Abrahamist religion, I have not looked at and am not aware of any such traditions. The acceptance of homosexuality in general in the heyday of the Arab world is, though, well known.</div><div><br></div><div>For the history of same-sex marriage in Christianity for the past 1000 (and more) years, see John Boswell's _Same-sex Unions in Premodern Europe_. The word same-sex union has to be understood as marriage, otherwise you have the bizarre result that opposite-sex couples in centuries past who did not marry in a church (or were not recognized by their government, etc.) were not married. Catholicism is probably unique in actually having saints for same-sex marriage, though the Catholic Church does not currently allow it.</div><div>-----</div><div>The issue at hand is whether there was a lexicographical change in the meaning of the word "marriage" most recently (approximately when the Netherlands began recognizing same-sex marriage).</div><div><br></div><div>While dictionaries have certainly updated their definitions, I believe it's still an open question as to whether the word "marriage" should be retroactively understood as including same-sex marriages. It seems to me that because in North America where same-sex (but not generally same-gendered) marriages have traditionally been accepted as well as due to other proof, lexicographers should indeed have included same-sex marriages as part of the definition of marriage, though their corpora may not have supported that because of the powerful stigma attached with same-sex sexuality. BB</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On May 17, 2008, at 4:34 PM, Fritz Goerling wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width: 655px; position: relative; font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 470px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 25px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; z-index: 1; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="Section1" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; ">I’m sorry, but I disagree quite a bit with your statements. See for my remarks and questions within your response.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; ">Fritz Goerling<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; ">BB wrote:<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; ">I'm sorry, but I disagree in the extreme with your statement.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; ">Various major religions define and have defined marriage in many different ways,<font color="navy" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "> I would say in “some” and ”somewhat” different ways.” The three monotheistic religions differ not so much traditionally in their definition of marriage.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; ">and it is not merely religions that define what marriage is (e.g.,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; ">France</st1>,<st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Germany</st1>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; "><st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Turkey</st1></st1>, where the religious ceremony has no legal meaning).<font color="navy" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "> Sure, not only religions define what marriage is.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; ">Take Buddhism, for example, many sects of which recognize same-sex marriage.<font color="navy" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "> Is what you call “same sex MARRIAGE” called “marriage” or how is it being referred to in Buddhism?<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; ">Another example is Christianity, many sects of which also recognize same-sex marriage.<font color="navy" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "> Can you mention a few?<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; ">AFAIK same-sex marriage has been happening for several hundred years (I believe at least 1000) within Christianity.<font color="navy" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "> To my knowledge what you call “same-sex MARRIAGE” has traditionally not been called “marriage” in Christianity.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; ">On May 17, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Fritz Goerling wrote:<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><font color="black" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.22em; ">Not to my – certainly limited - knowledge, Benjamin.<span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.22em; "> </span>All major religions. although having somewhat differing understandings of marriage, recognize that marriage involves the union of the two complementary sexes in a relationship that normally is for childbearing and childrearing.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font><font color="navy" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></span></font></p><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; ">Whether it is legitimate to refer to same-sex<span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.22em; "> </span><i style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 1.22em; ">unions</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.22em; "> </span>as ‘marriage’ is debated and certainly not widely accepted.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font><font color="navy" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; ">Fritz Goerling<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font><font color="navy" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; "> <o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; ">Benjamin Barrett wrote:<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><p style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; ">Marriage has been known to encompass same-sex couples for at least 2000 years, though lexicographers did not reflect that fact in their dictionaries.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Georgia" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; ">In modern times, dictionaries have recognized the word marriage as including same-sex couples for the last decade give or take a few years. Many same-sex couples have used the word marriage to refer to their situation for years before that, regardless of their legal status or whether dictionaries recognized it. Lexicographically, nothing happened in<st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; "><st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; ">California</st1></st1><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 1.22em; "> </span>as laws recognizing same-sex marriage were already present in other countries. BB<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; ">On May 17, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Fritz Goerling wrote:<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font><font color="navy" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; ">Right - the “nemesis.” What do lexicographers do with youthful unorthodox uses of words like “wicked” or “bad” to mean “good/cool” which usually go out of fashion soon?” Slang dictionaries? Or what to do with the recent judicial redefinition of marriage by the Supreme Court in<st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; "><st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; "><st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; "><st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; "><st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; "><st1 style="line-height: 1.22em; ">California</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1></st1>?<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Georgia" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p style="background-image: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; line-height: 1.22em; ">Fritz Goerling</span></font><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o><font size="2" color="black" face="Georgia" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: white; line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; "></span><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div>
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