# I'm glad that gay/lesbian spouses are becoming husband/wife **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-glad-that-gay-lesbian-spouses-are-becoming-husband-wife/704948 "2014-11-18T10:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-glad-that-gay-lesbian-spouses-are-becoming-husband-wife/704948/41 "2014-11-21T23:25:38Z")
> [@btthegreat](#): > > Because we want those terms to be associated with PEOPLE, including us. We do not live our lives to distance ourselves from humanity because most of it happens to be straight. We are part of humanity. A guy calling another man his husband does not sound boring to me. It sounds pretty damn glorious, if you are in love and want to spend the rest of your life showing that love to a deserving man. Well maybe you. But what about the gays with the lisps, the gay walk, the swishy behavior? Dont gays still say “Fabulous!”? Why would they NOT want something to express queerness? Was Paul Lynn the last of his kind? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-glad-that-gay-lesbian-spouses-are-becoming-husband-wife/704948)._