they are experts at using words - especially to lie - so they are like the southerner who insisted on using "nigrah" instead of "politically correct" terms.
AP has a style guide that says you should use gay, lesbian, GLBT etc and only use "homosexual" when talking about sex.
So all of their sites - the Baptist Press, wingnutdaily etc always "translate" AP articles. They replace "gay" with "homosexual" and put quote signs around the word "marriage" if they are talking about gays.
You will notice that Nano, etc, always does the same thing when he isn't calling people fags.