Do You, Party A, Take Party B to be Your Lawfully Wedded …
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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California’s is having to revise its marriage licenses to be a bit more gender neutral.
California officials are telling county clerks that they can start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on June 17. The state Office of Vital Records says it chose June 17 because the state Supreme Court has until the end of business on June 16 to decide whether to grant a stay of its ruling legalizing gay marriage.
Gay rights advocates and some clerks initially thought couples would be able to wed as early as June 14 — exactly 30 days after the court’s May 15 ruling.
New marriage license forms also will include lines for “Party A” and “Party B” instead of bridge and groom.
It lacks a certain romantic something, doesn’t it?
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How do the happy couples decide who is “A” and who is “B”? Isn’t that itself descrimination? How long will it be before “Party B” becomes a prejorative with latent sexist overtones? Should we consult Sharon Stone about that?
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Sounds like technical instructions. Insert Tab A in Slot B.
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Um, isn’t it more a problem of having two slots and no tabs?
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There’s nothing romantic about marriage licenses as they exist today. You get them in a courthouse, the most unromantic place in the universe.
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You know what they say William, scratch a homophobe, find a scared boy in the closet…
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Certainly not. I’m just talking about the “Party A” and “Party B” business.
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Party B is ok, it’s Party C that starts causing all the problems.
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Where’s the problem with that?*
(*) Yes, I’m being sexist, sue me.
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They have a name for folks with no sense of humor… Bureaucrats.
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Since we’re on the subject, I forgot to mention above that the two tab/no slot combo gives a whole new meaning to “tying the knot”.
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Good. Once you let people marry bridges who knows what that could lead to.
Slippery slope, indeed.
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(Wince.)
Rodney, you’ve GOTTA get this guy more active in the caption contests.
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Indeed, but this is the bridge to the future, after all.
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I didn’t realize that inanimate objects could be party to a civil legal contract.
Oh wait, maybe you’re the one who’s wrong.
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I … *ahem* … *cough* … DID take first place last time. Of course, I’ve never been plastered all over the bottom of the barrel.
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That’s another reason.
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Yeah, well…. (Toe in the sand) You know…
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Maybe you ought to lighten up on the sarcasm. No telling what angie-san thinks of bridgophobics. Which makes me wonder what you get when you scratch your angie.
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Sarcasm is giving a sharp edge to a blunt truth,and is only one of the many services I offer.
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Or maybe – just maybe – I was making fun of the typo in the article that James linked to.
Sheesh.
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Bobert:
Observant, isn’t he?
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Heh, didn’t even see that, sorry.
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Yay, you got your Ad Hominem in on this thread too, feel better now Bit?
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Humor, remember?
Stolen movie line….
Oh, never mind.
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