Same-sex couples in California (and every other state besides Massachusetts and Connecticut) are currently being told that they can have a "civil union" or "domestic partnership" but not a "marriage." Marriage has traditionally referred to a relationship between a man and a woman. As much as we would love to allow same-sex couples to marry, we are bound by Webster's Dictionary (and not that elitist Oxford-English Dictionary--that is made by those Europeans) to ban same-sex marriage. In a society as word-oriented as we are, who are we to challenge this fundamental word.
Americans have a history of using words correctly. There are many examples of this. We all know that America is a "free country." This means that President Bush is free to tap our phones. This means that President Bush is free to torture prisoners. This means that President Bush is free to suspend habeus corpus and detain prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, all in the name of the Patriot Act.
We also know that there is a "Bill of Rights." These are amendments to the original constitution that provide every citizen with several rights. Sarah Palin, for example, can say whatever she wants and the liberal media can't criticize her for any of it. That would be violating her freedom of speech.
These all are perfect uses of the words free,bill,rights, and of If we ever mis-used one of these words, the United States of America would fail to exist. Similarly, we can not allow same-sex couples to refer to themselves as "married." This would be a great travesty.
We have already lost the fight over the word "ironic" (watch a sports game and listen to how badly the announcers misuse the word). Let us not lose the battle over the word "marriage." Vote YES on proposition 8.5
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