Dictionaries Offer Less Ammo For Gay-Marriage Foes

“Opponents of gay marriage generally have relied on two authorities, the Bible and the dictionary–the divine word and the defined word. A 2006 friend-of-the-court brief filed on behalf of anti-gay-marriage organizations in a Maryland marriage case cited no fewer than seven dictionaries to make its point. … But in their latest editions, the dictionaries have begun to switch sides–though until recently, no one seemed to have much noticed.”