equal marriage

noun

Marriage equality; the acceptance of same-sex as well as heterosexual marriages.

Meanings

nounequal marriage (countable and uncountable, plural equal marriages)

plural equal marriages

  1. countableuncountableMarriage equality; the acceptance of same-sex as well as heterosexual marriages.

    The Court heard from civil liberties associations, a group of seven people interested in civil unions, human rights commissions, faith groups supporting and opposed to equal marriage, gay and lesbian equality rights groups, and […]

    2010, Malcolm C. Kronby, Canadian Family Law, →ISBN
  2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see equal, marriage.
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