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Thu, 02 July 2009 05:23

saben

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I've noticed a couple of people in recent posts saying they are "married" and using the term as if being married is somehow mutually exclusive or opposite to being gay. Implying that marriage only exists in heterosexual relationships.

Obviously this is not the case anymore in certain jurisdictions and if marriage is seen as a ceremony rather than a legal thing then marriage was never exclusively heterosexual.

But would it be possible to perhaps monitor our own English use so that we're not implying that marriage says something about sexuality. I'm sure we all agree that the two are independent, but sometimes the way the word is used implies something different.

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		"And I am married" By: saben on Thu, 02 July 2009 05:23
		Get over it. By: timmy on Thu, 02 July 2009 06:55
		Re: Get over it, Timmy, please. By: acam on Thu, 02 July 2009 08:49
		Get over it By: timmy on Thu, 02 July 2009 09:02
		Re: Get over it By: saben on Thu, 02 July 2009 16:15
		Re: Get over it By: timmy on Thu, 02 July 2009 16:42
		Re: Get over it By: saben on Thu, 02 July 2009 16:52
		Re: Get over it By: timmy on Thu, 02 July 2009 16:58
		Re: Get over it By: saben on Thu, 02 July 2009 17:15
		Re: Get over it By: acam on Thu, 02 July 2009 21:38
		Re: Get over it By: timmy on Thu, 02 July 2009 21:39
		Re: Get over it By: NW on Thu, 02 July 2009 22:59
		Re: Get over it By: timmy on Fri, 03 July 2009 06:43
		Revolutionary By: saben on Fri, 03 July 2009 09:19
		Re: Revolutionary By: timmy on Fri, 03 July 2009 11:07
		Re: "And I am married" By: Nigel on Thu, 02 July 2009 07:20
		Re: "And I am married" By: saben on Thu, 02 July 2009 16:24
		Re: "And I am married" By: acam on Thu, 02 July 2009 08:40
		Re: "And I am married" By: saben on Thu, 02 July 2009 16:32
		Re: "And I am married" By: NW on Thu, 02 July 2009 09:42
		Re: "And I am married" By: saben on Thu, 02 July 2009 16:39
		Re: "And I am married" By: jon on Thu, 02 July 2009 21:00
		Re: "And I am married" By: saben on Thu, 02 July 2009 21:07

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