At Christmas, when we sing "Don we now our gay apparel," does that mean we're going in drag?
When Stephen Foster wrote "'Tis summer, the darkies are gay," did he mean that in wintertime they're straight?
If "We'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home," how are we supposed to feel the rest of the time?
I refuse to participate in the hijacking of a perfectly good English word, for which there is no good substitute.
agreed on all points.
They take positive words and twist them to fit their agenda, well I;m like you , I refuse to go along with their name game.