I take offense at your misuse of the equality operator

While driving, I saw a car with a bumper sticker that read “I SUPPORT TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE,” followed by an equation that read MARRIAGE = [ symbol for the men’s room ] + [ symbol for the ladies’ room ], and I thought to myself “How dare they?”

How dare they screw up the math?

So I figured I’d some more mathematically correct versions for the folks out there worried about the sanctity of marriage.  Enjoy.


This one’s for a certain Rowan County clerk, inspired by the billboard erected in her city specifically to troll her.


cf. Genesis 4:19, Exodus 21:10, Deuteronomy 2:15, Judges 8:30, 1 Samuel 1:1-2, 2 Samuel 12:7-8, 1 Kings 11:2-3 2 Chronicles 11… eh, you get the idea.


How old was Rebecca or Mary or Aisha again?

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