Marriage has officially been redefined…at least, according to the updated version of Merriam-Webster’s dictionary.
The AP reports: In its Web and print editions, Merriam-Webster defines marriage as “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law.”
But in a nod to evolving ideas of love and English usage, the Springfield, Mass.-based company in 2003 added a secondary meaning for “marriage” as “the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage.”
World Net Daily was apparently first to write about the change … six years after the fact.
In a statement M-W said that was actually one of the last dictionaries to include same-sex relationships in its marriage definition. It did so because the term has become part of the general lexicon, according to the AP.
