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Originally Posted by JCB
I have looked through all the posts you have made on this thread . You have been consistent throughout , and I think your post which I have quoted here best sums up all you are saying .
You are respecting the English language and the meaning behind the words in our language .
My Chambers English Dictionary defines the word "marriage" as the ceremony , act , or contract by which a man and woman become husband and wife : the union of a man and woman as husband and wife .
My Oxford Illustrated Dictionary defines the word "marriage" as the act , ceremony , or procedure by which a man and a woman are legally united for the purpose of living together .
So I will stick with the English language , and say that I can no more marry a man than I could marry my dog or my neighbour's cat .
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Neither could I, but why stop other people, who through no fault of their own, not be happy in the life they did not pick but have had to go through life with. its not as though a teenage boy or girl wake up one morning and say I've decided I'm going to be gay, its not a life choice, its a circumstance beyond their control.