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"The redefinition is relative to a variety of traditional definitions which include weird (and also Biblical) concepts like polygamy, concubines and having comp

• slurgfest 14y ago
  That's not true. Even just in the Jewish traditions related in the Bible, there are many very specific constraints. They just don't happen to be the same as "Leave it to Beaver." But maybe the Bible is too much of a button-pusher example. To understand, just consider one of the traditional definitions - let's take the Hindu one. It isn't at all true that there is no traditional Hindu concept of marriage, there is quite a strong one and there are a great many things it excludes. These exclusions are meaningful. The same thing is also true of many other traditional definitions. Although some traditions are a little different from others. Now as the world urbanizes many traditions are being mushed together in industrialized settings and they are forming their own new standards. So same-sex marriage is up for grabs and we see the current fight. However, there is no traditional or modern tradition which includes marriage with dead puppies. Some things are in, others are out - there were many definite concepts but each is changing and many are merging.