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![]() | This article was nominated for deletion on 18 February 2007. The result of the discussion was keep. |
Who's this Armand Erasmus? I checked with the American Heritage Dictionary from where that bit was cited and found no reference to this "first husband."
Since this is no longer my "personal" article and there were a number of other editors, I rephrased the paragraphs, and added more sources. Still, there are other things to do:
--FlammingoHey 15:22, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
This article states that sex outside marriage is frowned upon in Islam, but Ma malakat aymanukum and sex says the contrary.
The article starts with the phrase "A husband is a male lifetime partner in a marital relationship.". In my opinion, it would be better if the article was referring to the gender, stating "A husband is a man lifetime partner in a marital relationship.", and no to the sex. Taliandr (talk) 20:10, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
The page says "In a marriage between two men, both spouses may be considered husbands." I don't understand how this was determined. Is there a source on this? A husband is defined as the male party in a marriage. Logic would indicate to me that if there is a male, there must also be a female. Otherwise, why would husband be defined as the male portion of the marriage? I am questioning whether this is a legitimate part of the definition of the word. 16:09, 10 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patsfanrob (talk • contribs)
I agree with other posters. This article needs to be revised in my view. It is grossly misleading and rather offensive. It specifically suggests that "A husband is a male in a marital relationship with a female". Homosexual marriage is now legal in many jurisdictions as has been mentioned and the aforementioned sentence seems to completely ignore this fact. Homosexual marriage has been legal in the UK for example since 2014. It seems rather bizarre that the last comment on this article was made in September 2015, yet no move has been made to edit this article to remove the misleading comment that a husband is in "a marital relationship with a female". Whilst this is true for some couples, obviously it is untrue for others. I think a more appropriate opening sentence would be "A husband is a male in a marital relationship". The definition of the word has changed over time and this needs to be acknowledged. The Oxford dictionary for example defines a husband as "A married man considered in relation to his spouse". I don't see any logical reason why this opening sentence should not be edited.
Rhys Hoffman (talk) 15:41, 23 September 2016 (UTC):
Please stop Insulting gay partners by using the term husband for their type of relationship. Husband is only used for straight couples. Gay couples prefer to be called each others Life Partner as it is more fair and equal than the dominating sounding term husband. Please stop undoing edits that correct this.75.174.112.26 (talk) 19:05, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
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