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   From: gregk99@hotmail.com   
      
   "Chriz" wrote in message   
   news:c1n7eg$1l03er$1@ID-207118.news.uni-berlin.de...   
   >   
   > "gk" wrote in message   
   > news:13m%b.5467$oP.1387@lakeread03...   
   > > "Chriz" wrote in message   
   > > news:c1kgfq$1j1k8s$1@ID-207118.news.uni-berlin.de...   
   > > >   
   > > > ""MIDIcian" (tm)" wrote in message   
   > > > news:c1juis$lgg$0@pita.alt.net...   
   > > > > Your dictionary is attempting to redefine the word "marriage" to a   
   > more   
   > > > > conservative word than it really is.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > BTW: A descendent of Webster was at the what was it, 1993 Republic   
   > > > > convention (the convention that elected Clinton the 2nd time   
   (because   
   > > they   
   > > > > put up Dole and only ran on an anti-Clinton/Liberal (which Clinton   
   > > isn't,   
   > > > > btw (he's a moderate)) campaign.   
   > > >   
   > > > Wasn't the Bible the first and most accurate definition of what   
   marriage   
   > > was   
   > > > about?   
   > >   
   > > Wasn't that the book that had polygamy as fairly commonplace?   
   >   
   > No, but it may have mentioned that certain people had more than one   
   spouse,   
      
   Like, oh, Abraham the founder of the Jewish religion?   
      
   Gideon, who had 70 sons from his many wives?   
      
   > but that wasn't what people were told to do. Perhaps it was common for   
   other   
   > religions.   
      
   I didn't say it was what people were told to do. It was, however,   
   commonplace, at least for the wealthy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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