I have a semantic gripe: It bugs me when people say “legalize same-sex marriage.”

I didn’t know that it was illegal.

Does that mean that there are same-sex couples rotting in prison?

Oh, wait … it isn’t illegal, rather it is not legally recognized.

Whew. So that means no one is in prison for the crime of same-sex marriage.

That is a relief.

Words matter, folks.

John Kieffer, Turner