What I don't understand is, the word "marry" has expanded to have multiple meanings, and not just a union between a man and a woman. I don't see religious people getting all worked up about the term "marry" being applied to inanimate objects, so why do they have a problem with it now? All of a sudden, they're up in arms because they think the term is sacred?
As per dictionary.com:
mar·ry
1 /
ˈmær
i/
Show Spelled [
mar-ee]
Show IPA verb, -ried, -ry·ing.
–verb (used with object) 1. to take in marriage:
Susan married Ed.
2. to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people); join in wedlock:
The minister married Susan and Ed.
3. to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of (often fol. by
off ):
Her father wants to marry her to his friend's son. They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home.
4. to unite intimately:
Common economic interests marry the two countries.
5. to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony.
6. to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable:
The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features. A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations.
7. Nautical .
a. to lay together (the unlaid strands of two ropes) to be spliced.
b. to seize (two ropes) together end to end for use as a single line.
c. to seize (parallel ropes) together at intervals.
8. to cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients:
to marry malt whiskey with grain whiskey.
–verb (used without object) 9. to wed.
10. (of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably; blend:
This wine and the strong cheese just don't marry.