Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Does it matter to you (or to the electorate) that these two people are NOT married? [View all]moose65
(3,166 posts)Right now, the Presidential spouse isn't called the "First Wife" (or I guess Nancy Reagan would have been called the Second Wife and Melania the Third Wife ). Her title is First Lady, which is somewhat formal I guess, so Chasten would be called the First Gentleman.
It's interesting to imagine the heads exploding if the "hostess" of the White House suddenly became the "host." I can imagine all of the homophobic vitriol that would spew from supposedly Christian mouths.
Hmmm... I think that right now, Luxembourg and Ireland have gay Prime Ministers. What are their husbands called? Wasn't it one of their husbands who was in a photo with a bunch of NATO wives and the White House didn't identify him in the photo? He was standing near Melania, I think...
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided