| Main Entry: | same-sex marriage |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See gay marriage |
| Main Entry: | same-sex marriage |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See homosexual marriage |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
same-sex marriage
the practice of marriage between two males or two females. Although the institution of marriage between male and female partners has been regulated through law, religion, and custom in most countries of the world, the legal and social responses to same-sex marriage have ranged from celebration on the one hand to criminalization on the other
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