I
never use the word "gay" to describe a homosexual degenerate pervert.
The word "gay" still has meaning for me, but always in the proper sense.
To create a new race of people and call them "gays" is so repugnant that descriptive words fail me. Their agenda moves forward with the help of the courts, congress, media and, unfortunately, (dis) organized religion.
Well, good on you. All I want is for the word we use to match the intent of our communication.
Using "gay" to describe homosexuals hardly correlates with the perversity of homosexual behavior, whereas the term homosexual does, at least for me and most other heterosexuals.
This Orwellian redefinition of terms to convey a more benign meaning and thus "de-stigmatize" the concept being described has got to stop somewhere!
Might as well be here.