Quote:Making a law inclusive does not mean it's because it's offensive to someone. There are a lot of rules and laws on the books pertaining to married people no? If the law of a state says "man and wife" somewhere, say about right of survivorship or something...when two same sex couples are married and one dies, you know a family member will get some lawyer somewhere to fight against the other spouse getting what is rightfully theirs just because a law is on the books written with the words "man and wife".


Protecting everyone with the same rights under the law does not lessen the rights you already have as husband and wife.

I didn't say it was offensive. The people who wrote these bills did. Did you read the article? Also, why should 'husband' and 'wife' be changed? That's what a married man and woman are. And I've heard lesbian and gay men couples call each other husbands and wives. If there needs to be another word they wish to be called, such as spouse, then let them be called that. I don't see the point in changing the language to gender neutral words. 

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