"What do they want?" Speaking of weird questions.

[Zerbie]

The recent chats on Mia's "Who's the man?" thread about people asking strange questions inspired me to share this one with the group:

At a dinner party this week, with all highly accomplished, very educated, cultured people (opera singers, actors, medical doctors, engineers) I had the following conversation:

Opera singer: "Zerbie, what does that button you're wearing say?"
Zerbie: "Oh, it means I support same-sex marriage."
Singer: "Good for you."
Singer's husband: "I've been wondering. What do they want?"
Zerbie: "They who?"
Husband: "Gay people. What kind of wedding do they want?"
Zerbie: "I'm not sure I understand the question."
Husband: "I mean, do they want big church weddings, or do they just want to do it in front of a justice of the peace?"
Zerbie: "OH!!! Well, like with anyone else, that depends on the couple."

I continued for a while giving examples of religious/spiritually minded couples having religious ceremonies, and also trotted out Daniel's example of having the Buddhist-inspired religious ceremony plus the trip to Canada for the piece of paper.

After the explanation, it was clear that he got it. But I found it weird that he asked the question.