My friend Don pointed this out earlier today.It's from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, "America's most trusted authority on the English language."
Merriam-Webster's website says the company, "has developed and refined an editorial process that relies on objective evidence about language use, and it applies this process to create reference products that meet rigorous standards of quality and reliability for both print and electronic formats."
In other words, once a definition makes it into a Merriam-Webster product, researchers have proven that definition reflects how the word is being used in America today.
So, here's the new definition of marriage.
Note, specifically, the second-half of the first definition, 1a(2): "the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage (same-sex marriage)."
The world has changed. It's about time. Perhaps the law will catch up soon, too.
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