"Gay marriage" or "same sex marriage" - what is your preferred term?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

[CalebHayes]

1. Mean the same thing to me.

[Kenneth ken]

2. civil marriage

neutralize the language.

[cprise]

3. OK you win

"Same sex" it is.

But legally, it should be just "marriage".

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. How about we just call it "marriage"?

And define marriage as the legally recognised committed relationship of two people, entitled due to that legal relationship to certain rights and privileges? Works for me.

[Exultant Democracy]

5. just marriage n/t

[NWHarkness]

6. Same sex is preferrable

Although, yes, civil marriage is better yet.

Gay marriage is a misnomer, as it does not include bisexuals who do not identify as gay and wish to marry their same sex partners.

[Lugnut]

7. How about

Marriage? The labels are superfluous.

[mike1963]

8. Urm...no offense intended, but that's a sorta lame poll...

:eyes:

[Feanorcurufinwe]

9. No offense taken, I'm glad you found it stimulating enough to post about.

[whirlygigspin]

11. Lesbobonditation

or Homocouplingation

[tedoll78]

10. I'm not just fighting for "gay marriage" rights...

I'm fighting for "equal (civil) marriage" rights.

If the govt were to change all references from "marriage" to "civil unions", I'd be fine with that. It'd be the end of second-class citizen status, which is key to me.

[Not Me]

12. If it needs to be qualified...

I prefer "same gender marriage". It subtly removes the icky 'sex' connotations that so many right wingers seem to be knotted up over.