Marriage Newspeak

I've really gotten into The Boston Globe lately. For one thing, you don't have to give them your first-born child, social security number, and a finger print, just to read their online edition.

The Globe's Jeff Jacoby has a column worth reading about how the "politically correct" crowd is attempting to change behavior by changing our language. According to Jacoby, in the near future:

"The meanings and status associated with words like 'husband' and 'wife' will be erased from the law; most likely, the words themselves will be replaced in statutes with the unisex 'spouse,' just as 'father' and 'mother' will give way to 'parent.' "