For those of you who don't know..I am gay..and I don't do this normally..but the article that I just read brings me to tell you this..why..???I cannot stand what I am reading..and I cannot stand special groups..even what has become here!
California bans 'brides,' 'grooms'License rejected for couple seeking traditional marriage
{This is NOT THE WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT OTHERS BY TAKING AWAY SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR CENTURIES!!! Ok, the article:}
ROSEVILLE, Calif. – "Brides" and "grooms" are no longer allowed to marry in the State of California.
That privilege is only extended to individuals who allow themselves to be called "Party A" and "Party B" on marriage licenses. {??? Party A and Party B? I sware is this what we are coming too? This makes me sick...and I just have no words to say..I am sorry..I know I can't speak for all as they are all jumping up and down and having some party about this like some new invention was discovered..just makes no sence} Pastor Doug Bird of Abundant Life Fellowship in Roseville, Calif., was alarmed to find the state now rejects the traditional terms after he officiated his first marriage ceremony last week following the California Supreme Court decision to overturn Proposition 22.
The couple had written the words "bride" and "groom" next to "Party A" and "Party B" because they wanted to be legally recognized as husband and wife. However, the Placer County marriage license was denied."I received back the license and a letter from the Placer County Clerk/Recorder stating that the license 'does not comply with California State registration laws,'" Bird said in a statement from the Pacific Justice Institute. It was an "unacceptable alteration," the County Recorder's Office claimed the State Office of Vital Records determined. "What's next?" Bird wrote in a Sept. 4 letter. "Will the State of California force [ministers] to use the terms "Party A" and "Party B" in the ceremony itself?"
In a 4-3 decision, California's high court declared that legal definitions of marriage as a union between a man and a woman were unconstitutional. Since the ruling, the generic designations have been added to legal documents.
Pacific Justice Institute President Brad Dacus said voters must change the state constitution by voting on the marriage amendment in November if they wish to preserve the traditional meaning of marriage. "Unless Proposition 8 is passed, heterosexual couples will be forced to wed out of the state if they wish to be officially identified as bride and groom or husband and wife." He said in a statement. "This is a major slap in the face for traditional marriage."
Excuse me, but I don't know how this is helping the gay rights to 'Right to Marry' I don't know if its just me, but it appears that now that will only seperate us more, and cause mor HATE. I know if I were a straight couple I would be pretty ticked off as well. Why can't the "Legal Document" be written to have the following "Bride and Groom, Man and Man, Woman and Woman?" No, instead be written to be a 'Party A or Party B" Oh, how excited I would be about that. I just want to be able to have the right to have my family taken care of if God forbid something were to happen to me, and I am sure that my partener feels the same way. There still is too many loop holes in this Proposition as if when this gets passed.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
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