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What about an entirely new word? Something like "homarrige" - combining "homosexual" and "marriage," sounding close to "homage" which is nice....
It also sounds like "fromage" which is french for "cheese".
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oh let people get married if they want too, and call it all marriage, if you give it a different name then people will think it is a different thing and it's not. As for procreation, no one still thinks that do they? I've never heard that outside of period dramas. Does that mean childless couples aren't really married? What about barren ones who adopt? Sperm donor pregnancies? Invitro's?
(rant)I don't know why you have to have a whole ritual thing anyway. Can't you just sign a piece of paper? I'd prefer that, I've been living over the broom for three years now, my partner periodically asks me to marry him and the answer's always going to be no because: oh Jesus, what a nightmare, a whole day with all of my family, a big white dress (eurrgh) and I'm paying? Christmas is bad enough.(/rant)
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"living over the broom"
Now that's an expression I've not heard in years !
It has some quite formal connotations, too. It originally referred to an unofficial form of marriage, that was recognised by the community in which you lived, but not by "the authorities." In the days before state benefits, civil recognition was not important for people who owned no property, of course - marriage is very akin to a comercial or real estate contract and had a lot to do with property rights and inheritance.
But within a community, even of landless workers, such things do have importance and the commitment shown by "jumping over the broomstick" with your chosen mate in the full gaze of your fellows is very relevant to the present discussion.
Thanks for reminding me of the word (and the concept), dody.
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Carpal Tunnel
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period dramas.
I have one of those once a month.
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once a month <snort> 
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I have one of those once a month.You'll outgrow it, AnnaS, I promise.
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