"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
k.net...
Surely you understand that since only a very small minority will ever
consider same-sex unions to be "marriage" in any sense "marriage" will
continue to be defined as it has been for centuries.

No, my expectation is that within a year or two, dictionaries will amend the
definition of "marriage" to include same-gender unions; and within a
generation or two, the notion of mixed-gender-only marriage will be viewed
by most people in democracies the same way the notion of same-race-only
marriage is now viewed by most people in democracies, namely as a shameful
anachronism.

But these are empirical predictions, so we'll just have to see.