Photo: #Historian Stephanie Coontz says marriage has gone through some big changes over the ages, and even in the past 50 years.
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Historian Stephanie Coontz says marriage has gone through some big changes over the ages, and even in the past 50 years. (Photo Courtesy Melvin Piro/stock.xchng)

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Opponents of same-sex marriage say they want to protect the traditional definition of marriage, thus preserving one of humanity's oldest and most sacred institutions. Historian Stephanie Coontz agrees that marriage is a venerable institution, but she points out that marriage has hardly stood unchanged over the ages.

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