'Politicization of language is nothing new, but this is particularly disturbing'
Many Americans may be accustomed to hearing the term "same-sex marriage" in news reports about homosexual unions, but now the New York Times is also referring to traditional matrimony as "opposite-sex marriage."
In his Oct. 26 news report on a homosexual lawsuit to overturn California's Proposition 8 reserving marriage for a man and a woman, New York Times reporter Adam Liptak described traditional unions as "opposite-sex marriage."
Referring to attorney Charles J. Cooper, who is pressing the case against recognition of homosexual marriage, Liptak wrote, "The government should be allowed to favor opposite-sex marriages, Mr. Cooper said, in order 'to channel naturally procreative sexual activity between men and women into stable, enduring unions.'"
Catholic League president Bill Donohue pointed out that the New York Times has used the term "opposite-sex marriage" 10 times in the past, and in a news story only five times. He also noted that the term was used on a few occasions in the 1990s by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Yale Law Journal and the New Republic.
"Is this the start of one more round of corrupting the English language?" Donohue asked in an editorial on the Catholic League website.
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i think that's awesome! i can't believe no-one came up with that term before. I'm all for opposite-sex marriages! I'm part of one myself :)
ReplyDeleteI'm all for same-sex marriages too! I'm just all about people being themselves and being happy.
Another attack on the church and Christianity . Everybody knows what marriage is and see s this as another strategy to attack morality in this country !
ReplyDeleteWhat is the problem with the term? It just takes same-sex and turns it around, much ado about nothing.
ReplyDeleteWhy change anything there's an agenda !
ReplyDeleteJust another attempt to play on words..call it "civil union", "opposite sex marriage", or in the case of health care "comsumer option" instead of "Government option" It is still the same BS in attempt to dupe the stupid, ingorant, liberals in this country. Still a pig with lipstik...call it gay marriage cause thats what it is..call gov run health care tax me into oblivion cause thats what we will get..in either case it is BOHICA
ReplyDeleteI don't have a problem with same-sex marriages...it's just not my thing. I just don't understand why people get all worked up over something like that. Whoopi Goldberg's character Fontaine said it the best: "If you're against gay marriage, then don't marry one. What do you care? They ain't inviting you to the F*****g wedding!"
ReplyDeleteNancy, you are so right it doesn't affect anyone who is straight. It was just a smoke screen used in elections so no one would look at the real, important issues. Plus it agves churchs a new way to drum up money for themselves.
ReplyDeletethis gov has people so dam confused, men are falling in love with men and women falling in love with women. next it will be man weds long time compainion, spot, a 4 year old lab. monkeys will be next. Sheep. lord only knows who would marry snakes!
ReplyDeleteI would love to know how the term opposite sex marriage is an attack on religion. Is your religion in that fragile shape that it can't withstand WORDS. I love these self serving people who put everything in a religious context until it goes agaisnt there agendas. Hilarious
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ReplyDeleteI still say that we should protect the sanctity of marriage by making divorce illegal. I would think that 2 people in love would be better for the sanctity of marriage than 2 people fighting through a divorse. But hey I'm just a liberal what do I know.
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It's ashame how nothing is sacred in the country..If you want to be with a same sex partner go ahead on. And leave the laws alone.Stop trying to force this mess on everybody else.Do what you want to do and stop trying to reap the benefits of a man and woman union..Same sex marriage is wrong and an abomination before God who will judge you all in the end..Thats just my opinion which will never change no matter what you call..but who cares right..So do you!
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Jefferson if they make it legal for this perverse group to marry then it will be legal for all etc. Man and beast marriage or anything else kooks will think up. Then is the Church refuses to marry then the Priest will be jailed and charged with a hate crime .Not to mention what it will do to health care !
ReplyDeletemarriage is marriage no matter what it is called. its a personal, moral, and sometimes religious issue not a political issue. i dont believe in same sex relationships or marriage, but, im not one to judge anyone else...we all have to answer to the same God one day whether we believe it or not...personally, Id rather He be the judge and jury on this topic than myself.
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