Maryland Senate Committee Approves Bill to Redefine Marriage
Maryland legislators are weighing a bill that, if passed, would redefine marriage to include same-sex couples.
Vote to Redefine Marriage in Maryland Could be Today
As the New Jersey Legislature votes to redefine marriage (Gov. Christie is thankfully expected to veto), it appears that Maryland’s legislature could also be making a move in the wrong direction on marriage today.
Marriage and the Destruction of Words
In Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language—his first dictionary—he defines “marriage” as the following:
The act of uniting a man and woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and woman for life. Marriage is a contract both civil and religious, by which the parties engage to live together in mutual affection and fidelity, till death shall separate them. Marriage was instituted by God himself for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of the sexes, for promoting domestic felicity, and for securing the maintenance and education of children.