Originally posted by sigma: A definition that has changed throughout the years.
Since when did it change? I think it's been purdy consistent.
Years ago you would never have seen the word "legal" in the definition of "marriage". There was a time when you may have seen the phrase "lifelong committment" in that definition, but we striked that out of there because it didn't fit our modern idea of what a marriage is anymore.
And, amazingly, dictionary.com has "a union between two persons" (such as a same sex marriage) also as the definition of marriage. So apparently even your vaunted dictionary.com recognizes them as such.
