Homonyms and same-sex marriage

Sir, – I shuddered when I read Breda Kennedy's contribution to the same-sex marriage controversy (Letters, February 25th). She writes: "Gay being homonymous with happy and carefree, who could not but wish for a gay marriage?" Surely the last thing we need is to risk raising the spectre of homonym-phobia in this debate? – Yours, etc,

MAOLSHEACHLANN

O CEALLAIGH,

Woodford Drive,

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Clondalkin, Dublin 22.