Marriage, A Defining Moment

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Language is a function of culture. Definitions are a product of language. Cultures, like all living things, evolve in response to changes in the environments in which they exist. As cultures evolve, so do languages and their concomitant definitions.

Yet there are those in every culture who deny any and all forms of evolution while claiming to have knowledge of a "traditional" cultural milieu which must be defended against change. In America, they call themselves conservatives and fundamentalist Christians.

I find it most interesting that such folks are by and large the same people who embraced the myth of the Tea Party, which claimed to be a grass-roots movement and a champion of individual liberty although it was fully controlled by the Heritage Foundation.

They are rabidly opposed to the currently evolving shift in attitude toward gay and lesbian members of our society. They fear it, and are fighting against it just as their philosophical forebears fought against other such cultural shifts in attitude such as racial equality, interracial marriage, unionization of workers in sweatshops, and women's suffrage.

Of course, being the father of three sons, I may simply be envious of those who would have us go back to "traditional" marriage so they can profit from the sale of their daughters.