red baron wrote on Apr 1
st, 2013 at 6:11pm:
Nothing turned my stomach more in recent times than watching Ellen De Generes poncing around with her self described Wife, Portia De Rossi.
What a hoax, what an absolute blasphemy of the golden treasure of the words Husband and Wife.
Its nothing against the gays and the gays having each other. But find another name to describe your relationship, husband and wife doesn't fit the bill.
It is indescribably inappropriate, you are trying to hijack a term that belongs to Heterosexuals. Am I allowed to say that without being politically incorrect, if so, stiff sh.t!
Not exclusively to heterosexuals, Red....
mar·ry1 [mar-ee] Show IPA verb, mar·ried, mar·ry·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
2.
to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people); join in wedlock: The minister married Susan and Ed.
3.
to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of (often followed by off ): Her father wants to marry her to his friend's son. They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home.
4.
to unite intimately: Common economic interests marry the two countries.
5.
to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony.
6.
to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable: The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features. A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations.
7.
Nautical .
a.
to lay together (the unlaid strands of two ropes) to be spliced.
b.
to seize (two ropes) together end to end for use as a single line.
c.
to seize (parallel ropes) together at intervals.
8.
to cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients: to marry malt whiskey with grain whiskey.