Does it bug you when people say 'gay marriage' instead of same sex marriage?

I actually don't like either term for different reasons. Gay marriage/SSM implies that the rights we want are different from those of straight marriage, which of course is far from the truth.

And like what you're saying, SSM is not inclusive of trans folks who are in gay relationships. However, saying "same gendered marriage" instead, for the sake of inclusiveness, seems unwieldy to me.

I prefer the term marriage equality over those two because it makes it clear that we want equal rights, not special ones.

 

I use them interchangeably.

 

No, it doesn't. I don't really see what the problem is if someone wants to call it that. It's just words, big deal.

 

No. I can understand why people call it gay marriage. Same sex marriage is wordy. I just like to call it marriage.

 

Marriage is marriage, a loving bond between two people regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. The label is unnecessary.

 

I'm going to be completely honest here, I find people now adays are way too worried about terminology. I feel a person's attitude towards something is far more important than what they call it. I'd rather someone blatantly call me a carpet-muncher and treat me with respect, than call me a lesbian and throw rocks at me every time I walk down the street, just as I'd rather have legalized gay marriage than banned same-sex marriage/same-gendered marriage.

 

I could honestly care less about whether or not it's call "gay marriage" instead of "same-sex marriage". People don't generally mean it in a bad way if they prefer saying it one way over the other. Why should we be picky about what we call things?

 

I personally prefer 'sinful marriage' myself.

 

Doesn't bug me.

 

The naming convention doesn't bother me too much one way or the other, since I think that we can always keep trying to make things sound more politically correct.

The thing that really bothers me is that it's called marriage instead of something like partnership. The word "marriage" causes so much controversy because it's the same word that is used to (1) join people under religion as is used to (2) give people governmental rights. This is just wrong on so many levels in my opinion and has been a deep mistake for a long time. If there really is separation between church and state, state should absolutely not re-use terminology found in religious texts for something so important! :bang:

Probably for this reason alone, I would always think twice about "getting married" since I don't like this religious connotation. If you really love someone, all that matters is that both of you know it and your rights together are protected. If a civil union provides such protection, I would always consider this over marriage.

 

I see "gay" as more inclusive.

 

I don't care.

 

It's been called worse names, I think gay marriage is ok. Wrong, yes but as if they'll try to understand

 

It's just "marriage," but if this bothers you at a serious level then you are officially out of problems...

 

I voted yes but it don't like either terms. I rather just refer to it as "marriage". But neither way offends me

 

I personally prefer 'gay marriage', but really either one (or even just 'marriage') is fine.

 

I honestly don't care. They mean the same thing. "Same-sex marriage" is more wordy though.

 

Let's just call it marriage. Although calling it gay marriage could mean that you have a very happy one