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Homosexuals want dictionaries to change definition of marriagemarriage definitions

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Gay rights supporters have been working to change the definition of marriage for years, trying to get legislatures to pass marriage equality laws and securing more rights for same-sex couples. But New Hampshire resident Mike Raven is looking at the issue more literally: He wants to convince dictionaries to print a more inclusive definition of the word "marriage."  Raven was inspired to start a petition on Change.org after seeing how upset his twin sister, who is a lesbian, was in response to North Carolina's passage of a constitutional ban on marriage equality. "If this whole argument comes down to an intangible definition of marriage, then it's time for that definition to change," he wrote on his petition. "While we cannot change the oppressive and discriminatory way that some religions continue to define marriage, we can go to an even better place.  Homosexuality is militant and will not allow anything to stand in its way. Many Americans s...