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The adjective marīt-us -a, -um meaning matrimonial or nuptial could also be used in the masculine form as a noun for "husband" and in the feminine form for "wife."[11]
It's open to homosexuals just as it's to heterosexuals. What is not fundamental to our existence is homosexual unions. The human race would continue without them but would die out without heterosexual unions.
Why would a homosexual want to marry and heterosexual and vice versa?
The adjective marīt-us -a, -um meaning matrimonial or nuptial could also be used in the masculine form as a noun for "husband" and in the feminine form for "wife."[11]
Uhh...no.
You also left out a big part
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The related word "matrimony" derives from the Old French word matremoine which appears around 1300 CE and ultimately derives from Latin mātrimōnium which combines the two concepts mater meaning "mother" and the suffix -monium signifying "action, state, or condition.
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The word "marriage" derives from Middle English mariage, which first appears in 1250–1300 CE This in turn is derived from Old French marier
So,
The word 'matrimony' is derived from the OF 'matremoine' which came into usage in 1300 CE
The word 'marriage' is derived from the OF 'marier' which came into usage in 1250-1300 CE
The word 'matremoine' derives from the Latin 'mātrimōnium'
The word 'marier' derives from the Latin 'marītāre'
Thus, the word 'marriage' did not derive from the word 'matrimonium'.
You're smart enough to understand this.
The question is if you are willing to admit that you are wrong?
I picked a man and a rock to find the most ridiculous union I could think of.
And as strange as that union is, it has about the same function to society as a homosexual union. Both are superfluous to anything.
You've fallen off the deep end to absurdity. Haven't you heard two heads are better than one? I don't think the addition of a rock makes one head any better.
The word "marriage" derives from Middle English mariage, which first appears in 1250–1300 CE This in turn is derived from Old French marier (to marry) and ultimately Latin marītāre meaning to provide with a husband or wife and marītāri meaning to get married. The adjective marīt-us -a, -um meaning matrimonial or nuptial could also be used in the masculine form as a noun for "husband" and in the feminine form for "wife."[11] The related word "matrimony" derives from the Old French word matremoine which appears around 1300 CE and ultimately derives from Latin mātrimōnium which combines the two concepts mater meaning "mother" and the suffix -monium signifying "action, state, or condition." "[12]
I have been married, and will be married again, and I didn't have kids before, and don't intend on ever having children. Prefixes do not determine how an institution functions.
How is this family superfluous? Why do you denigrate this family just because it doesn't conform to your concept?
Beautiful family! Betcha those kids are super loved.
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