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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017

    Not sure why some people think 'the definition of marriage will change' is a convincing argument against opening it up to same-sex couples.

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      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017

        That's an observation, not an argument. Once, 'voter' referred to property-owning men. Now it refers to all adults. Observation.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017

        I doubt many ppl are genuinely concerned abt the meanings of words expanding so better to make an ethical argument abt actual issue.

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      2. Mike‏ @citation_needed 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        It never changed? So blacks can't marry whites, Protestants can't marry Catholics, and divorce is still illegal?

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @citation_needed

        No-one claimed it never changed. Even the OP said it had evolved.

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      4. Mike‏ @citation_needed 9 Oct 2017
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        But allowing people like me to affirm their love by way of a marriage is a bridge too far, of course.

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      5. Mike‏ @citation_needed 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @citation_needed @HPluckrose

        (I'm going to sign off; it's late, and I'm tired, and it's making me grumpy)

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      1. Suzy Lebovitz‏ @suzylebo 9 Oct 2017
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        Irrelevant. We have a contract. All citizens deserve equal protection under the law. But you already know this. Not sure why it's so hard for some to understand.

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      1. Galapagos Flightless Cormorant‏ @CommonCormorant 10 Oct 2017
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        Or they honestly think the goats thing because no one ever taught them that "slippery slope" thing is a fallacy.

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      1. Beans Morocco‏ @neiltwit 9 Oct 2017
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        Yes, the argument that changing the definition of marriage would inconvenience the writers of dictionaries was not the strongest.

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      1. Harry, wants better documentation!‏ @tuxcomputers 9 Oct 2017
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        They are bigots but don't want to admit or be called that.

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      1. Roaming Millenarian‏ @MillenarianWoes 9 Oct 2017
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        They must be so profoundly conservative they think it's self-evident that changing the definition of an important institution is bad

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