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Words for Same Sex Unions
July 31, 2004 | MosesKnows

Posted on 07/31/2004 4:01:03 PM PDT by MosesKnows

Words


The situation as I understand it now is that same sex unions are not recognized in law. However, nothing has changed between opposite sex unions; they are still recognized in law as marriage.

Then a court ruled that same sex unions must be recognized in law. Because of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, same sex unions may be recognized in law someday soon. If a union between a man and a woman is recognized as a marriage then we will need some new words to cover same sex marriages and the consequences thereof.

My question is this. What will be the new word when the union between a man and a man is recognized as a marriage? What will the word be if it is a union between two women? Will there be a husband and wife in a same sex marriage or are there new words for those positions? Will a niece and a nephew remain the same? How about in-laws?


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Just curious.
1 posted on 07/31/2004 4:01:03 PM PDT by MosesKnows
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To: MosesKnows

I suggest "Unholy Matrimony"


2 posted on 07/31/2004 4:02:17 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: MosesKnows
Fagtromony.

Dyketromony.

The Paired Perverts.

Confusion beyond comprehension.

3 posted on 07/31/2004 4:03:52 PM PDT by MarineDad (Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
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To: MosesKnows
Fagtromony.

Dyketromony.

The Paired Perverts.

CBI -Confusion beyond imagination.

4 posted on 07/31/2004 4:04:49 PM PDT by MarineDad (Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
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To: MosesKnows

I think a more proper name for it would be Same Gender Union. We are different genders, not different sexes. Sex is something we do, not something we are.


5 posted on 07/31/2004 4:08:22 PM PDT by buffyt (Democrats are representative of the nation only if the nation we're talking about is Brazil.)
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To: MosesKnows

'Smerge,' 'Smerged,' and 'Smerriage.' Coined on FR many months ago.


6 posted on 07/31/2004 4:08:38 PM PDT by Eastbound
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To: MosesKnows

My nephew lives very very happily with another man. Yet I know heterosexuals who have had 3 to 6 divorces. That is worse. Especially when they have CHILDREN. But divorced people just rag on and on about the gays. The gays mostly just want to be left alone. If anyone is SERIOUS about marriage being between ONE man and ONE woman, there should be NO DIVORCE period.


7 posted on 07/31/2004 4:10:13 PM PDT by buffyt (Democrats are representative of the nation only if the nation we're talking about is Brazil.)
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To: MosesKnows
Queeriage.


8 posted on 07/31/2004 4:12:53 PM PDT by unixfox (Close the borders, problems solved!)
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To: MosesKnows

Hmmm.

Marriage = matrimony

Spinsters = spinstrimony

Bachelors = bachelormony


and continuing the march ...

Juveniles = juvemony

Large Choirs = harmony

Animals = animony

Plants = biomony

Currency = monimony

GED/SAT Exams = testimony

Numismatists = centimony

Hollywood Stars = acrimony

Criminals = crimony

Fish = piscimony


9 posted on 07/31/2004 4:22:50 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (When you've forgotten your drink, you've had enough! ... Unless it's coffee -- then you need more!!)
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To: MosesKnows

Just FYI, the challenge won't be on 14th amendment grounds. The 14th applies only when the gov't classifies people. The gov't is not classifying people as homosexual or heterosexual and denying them rights on the basis of that classification. Any man can marry a woman, whatever his sexuality, and any woman can marry a man regardless of hers. That doesn't really address the problem as the gay activists see it, but the 14th amendment is constructed so that it isn't applied in this case. Their argument will be either Full Faith and Credit for Massachusetts marriages or a 5th amendment due process theory claiming marriage is a fundamental right being unduly burdened.

On topic, watch the cultural fight over the word used. Most gay activists are schooled heavily in the theories of postmodern deconstructionism, in which words with negative connotations are "tools of oppression" and using different words to define different concepts is "segregation".


10 posted on 07/31/2004 10:09:03 PM PDT by RexDart
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To: buffyt
Sex is something we do, not something we are.

I would disagree. Sex is what we are. Gender has only to do with grammar and nothing to do with human sex or sexuality

Sex is the property or quality by which organisms are classified as female or male on the basis of their reproductive organs and functions.

Gender on the other hand is a grammatical category used in the classification of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and, in some languages, verbs that may be based on characteristics such as sex that determines agreement with or selection of modifiers, referents, or grammatical forms.

The word sex is often used to describe intercourse as in; "we had sex" while "we had gender" is virtually never used. I believe the incorrect use of the word "gender" came into vogue when political correctness implied that the word "sex" could be offensive to some.

11 posted on 08/01/2004 5:30:13 AM PDT by MosesKnows
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To: MosesKnows

So you're saying: Intercourse is sex, sex is gender not intercourse, and gender is grammar not sex.


12 posted on 08/01/2004 6:02:41 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
What I said was:Gender has only to do with grammar and nothing to do with human sex or sexuality

Intercourse is sex - Yes, if you clarify it a bit, sexual intercourse is sex.
sex is gender not intercourse - No, sex is not gender
gender is grammar not sex - Yes

13 posted on 08/02/2004 10:14:35 AM PDT by MosesKnows
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