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Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 6:49 pm
Not sure if this is the right forum for this. But...
I am a woman and (gee, Rhonda, we never would have guess. Thanks for the heads up) I don't like the word "husband. I can't help wondering if it has an etymological connection to the word "husbandry."
Think about it. Until relatively recently, women were considered the property of their husbands. A woman without a husband was like a cow without a cowboy. From its inception marriage has been about men doing the tasks of husbandry—caring for and managing their wives.
e are in a new era now. Isn't it kind of retro to enter this new epoch with a term that speaks of inequality in the relationship?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
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RE: Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 6:55 pm
A friend of mine who is male, gay, and married refers to his husband. I don't see the issue, but you may have a point.
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RE: Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 6:55 pm
Just use the word spouse insistently?
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RE: Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 6:59 pm
(June 28, 2015 at 6:55 pm)c172 Wrote: A friend of mine who is male, gay, and married refers to his husband. I don't see the issue, but you may have a point.
They are not married. Marriage is between one man and a woman. Their piece of paper can say what it likes, it is not a marriage.
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RE: Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 7:20 pm
(June 28, 2015 at 6:59 pm)PiousPaladin Wrote: (June 28, 2015 at 6:55 pm)c172 Wrote: A friend of mine who is male, gay, and married refers to his husband. I don't see the issue, but you may have a point.
They are not married. Marriage is between one man and a woman. Their piece of paper can say what it likes, it is not a marriage.
It is as of a few days ago, in USA. The Supreme Court has spoken.
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Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 7:22 pm
(June 28, 2015 at 6:59 pm)PiousPaladin Wrote: (June 28, 2015 at 6:55 pm)c172 Wrote: A friend of mine who is male, gay, and married refers to his husband. I don't see the issue, but you may have a point.
They are not married. Marriage is between one man and a woman. Their piece of paper can say what it likes, it is not a marriage.
Salty? 
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RE: Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 7:25 pm
(June 28, 2015 at 7:20 pm)Chad32 Wrote: (June 28, 2015 at 6:59 pm)PiousPaladin Wrote: They are not married. Marriage is between one man and a woman. Their piece of paper can say what it likes, it is not a marriage.
It is as of a few days ago, in USA. The Supreme Court has spoken.
The Supreme Court can proclaim itself to be an apple danish, up to be down and the sky to be lemon yellow. It does not make any of them so.
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Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 7:29 pm
Butt buddies. They should be called butt buddies.
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Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 7:29 pm
(June 28, 2015 at 7:25 pm)PiousPaladin Wrote: (June 28, 2015 at 7:20 pm)Chad32 Wrote: It is as of a few days ago, in USA. The Supreme Court has spoken.
The Supreme Court can proclaim itself to be an apple danish, up to be down and the sky to be lemon yellow. It does not make any of them so.
Oh, the irony.
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RE: Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 7:30 pm
And the bible can say that slavery, genocide, rape, and human sacrifice are ok under certain conditions, and civilized people don't give a crap. Or that marriage can be between a man and his rape victim, either before he pays the father a bride price, or after he kills all her friends and family. Theists don't really have a leg to stand on here.
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