Curious attitude to same-sex husbands

WHAT a curious set of priorities one must hold such that with a global financial crisis, not to mention the litany of problems we face at home, one would be motivated to complain about some media referring to the partner of the late Stephen Gately as his “husband”.

Far be it from me to question Mairéad Scannell’s sincerity (Letters, October 22). Indeed, being able to voice one’s objections even in trivial matters is, ironically, a cornerstone of the liberal philosophy she decries in her letter.

Perhaps I lack the imagination to see what it must be like to be driven apoplectic by the apparently outrageous notion that two men could be considered “husbands”.