Marriage – The Formal Union of Two People: Artists Update Dictionaries in Support of Marriage Equality

An anonymous group of artists known as HackMarriage have made it their goal to update dictionaries that they feel inaccurately describe “marriage.”

According to the Oxford Dictionary, marriage is: “the formal union of a man and woman by which they become husband and wife” – the artists aim to change that definition to “The formal union of two people.”

“Marriage Equality is an issue where a lot of progress has been made recently, but where older institutions have yet to adapt,” a representative told ANIMAL.

“We decided to speed things up by hacking the institution that literally provides meaning to our lives: the dictionary.”

“We envision a city where every library and every bookstore has a hacked dictionary that reflects this more accurate meaning of marriage,” they added. “Because when our definitions change, we change. As a people, as a culture, as a society.”