Evan Wolfson: "Today is Freedom to Marry Day – Just Don’t Say ‘Gay Marriage’!"

Evan Wolfson, the director of Freedom to Marry, has this commentary in the Huffington Post:

. . . Phrases such as "gay marriage" or "same-sex marriage" imply that same-sex couples are asking for something other than marriage. They imply that same-sex couples deserve something different or lesser than the security, protections, safety-net, and respect that married couples cherish. (PDF) And they play into the right-wing’s fear-mongering that gay people are a threat to marriage . . .