Hey I have no problem with gay people, they can get married, adopt children or do whatever normal people do, It's legal here in Louisiana, and I have like 2 gay friends and 3 lesbian friends (it's not as cool as some guys might think), as for using the word gay I don't think it's really that big of a deal, no one I've ever met has a problem with it and hell all the gay people I know even use it like that, you also forgot to mention the word faggot or fag, I would be lying if I said I never called someone a fag (not cause they're gay, cause they're stupid) and I can't think of a time that I have used the word faggot offensively, but most people seem to take more offense to that word so I really don't know my opinion on that one.