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Defined how?

* A nun is married to God (in some religions)

* A priest is married to God (in some religions)

* A man can be married to more than one woman (in some religions)

* A woman can be married to more than one man (maybe in darkest Africa, who's to say?)

* A man can be married to a woman

* A man can be married to a tree (in India, true)

* A man can be married to a man

* A woman can be married to a woman

Why are you so sensitive about words, anyway?

Gay was defined for a long time to mean happy.

Conservative used to mean saving and preserving and conserving, instead of spending, destroying, and squandering.

Faithful used to mean good, just, and moral, instead of vituperative, devious, dim-witted, and delusional.

Words get redefined all the time. Get over it.



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