Why do gay couples get married and both call themselves the wife or husband?

Marriage is about a man and a woman getting married. What's the point in getting married if both men are calling each other the husband and, the women are calling each other wife. I don't get it.

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SatanBurger · 36-40, F

Because generally you don't walk around calling your significant other "the wife or the husband." Except for rare cases where you have to refer to your significant other by their gender, usually people just call each other by name.