| The word "ban" is negative. Like "taboo," the term offends modern sensibilities trained to be ever more accepting of any envelope-pushing behavior.That's why the media describe California's Proposition 8 constitutional marriage law as a "ban," not the codification of something positive and timeless....The media have turned the meaning of marriage on its head. Calling the law a "ban" says its only purpose is to discriminate against homosexuals. By this reasoning, any law or policy that defines something is a "ban."
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