"Those who object to same-sex marriage primarily ( or so they claim ) because it would `` change the definition of marriage `` should perhaps be made aware that that train has already left the station : Merriam-Webster On-line http : //www.m-w.com/dictionary/marriage Dictionary.com http : //dictionary.reference.com/browse/marriage Encarta http : //encarta.msn.com/encnet/featur ... fid=1861628509 American Heritage http : //www.bartleby.com/61/2/M0120200.html This is not to say that every current dictionary includes such a definition ... yet ... but a number of major on-line ones demonstrably do , and to my knowledge human civilization has yet to suffer any negative effects . ( By the way , the above entries also include the typical `` husband and wife `` kind of arrangement as well . Funny how words can have more than one meaning , is n't it ? )"
"The whole `` change the definition of marriage `` is mainly a scare tactic used by anti-gay religious bigots . They do n't seem to realize that words can have several meanings ."
"change the definition of marriage Merriam-Webster On-line"
"change the definition of marriage do n't seem to realize that words can have several meanings"