AP To Use ‘Husband, Wife’ Regardless Of Sexual Orientation

TPM ^ | Thursday February 21, 2013 | Pema Levy

[Salman]

The Associated Press on Thursday updated its stylebook so that married individuals will be referred to as husband and wife, regardless of whether they are in a same-sex marriage. The change comes a week after the AP received criticism for an internal memo designating the word "partners" for individuals in same-sex marriages.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”So, who’s the “husband” and who’s the “wife?”

You beat us to it,

In a way its funny, it shows how stupid ‘gay rights’ are. The left are experts at ridicule against so-cons(+us homophobes) appealing to the young so this one is a great material.

[rfp1234]

They should just be called the sodo and the mite.

[Vendome]

So who’s queered the deal here?

[VR-21]

Another day...another redefinition of our culture by the nihilist left.

[Eleutheria5]

The confusion that will result from this will entertain us for a long time to come.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Apparently we can now.

So how about all the normal wives and husbands flip what they call each other when talking to the press just to drive them fully insane.

I wonder how many corrections/retractions we could get the paper to make...

On Wed we erred in calling Mrs. X the wife of xxxx. we meant Husband.

next day. please retract the correction. Mrs. X is now back to being a wife.

Following day. we must correct our correction. Mrs. X now preferes to be known as Mr. X’s Aardvarck.

[clearcarbon]

"Ahhhh? Isn’t ‘spouse’ a perfectly good non sexual specific word???

No amount of money can fix the educational system devised by the generation AP represents.

[Bobalu]

lol, duct tape can fix anything.

But can it really?!

[cynwoody]

So, who’s the “husband” and who’s the “wife?”

Not to worry. Just use "her wife" or "his husband", depending on which snark works best in the context.

[NoRedTape]

Makes sense, as long as AP also has a disclaimer beneath any same-sex couple’s photo stating “there is no such thing as gay marriage”.

[chooseascreennamepat]

“These dirtbags just do this kind of thing to piss off normal people.”

Not to worry. Gays will ID themselves within 3 seconds of seeing an audience. If a gay goes into an room, the first words out of their mouth is, “Hi there...I’m gay!”

[lyric.owens]

That makes about as much sense as you walking into a room and announcing your heterosexuality, to be honest.

[shibumi]

"(I'm only here to provide another side to this discussion.)"

And what side would *that* be, n00bie?

[antceecee]

Looks like you love to be zotbait darling.

[shibumi]

[Old Sarge]

[Old Sarge]

In response to your sage observation:

Gays will ID themselves within 3 seconds of seeing an audience. If a gay goes into an room, the first words out of their mouth is, “Hi there...I’m gay!”

[Arrowhead1952]

That makes about as much sense as you walking into a room and announcing your heterosexuality, to be honest.

Your tagline is a dead giveaway. I smell ozone in your future.

[OB1kNOb]

OB1 to call AP “perverted mouthpiece or propaganda machine” regardless of journalistic capability or lack thereof.