Those who wish to be married in California and be called "bride and groom" will have to wed in another state.
The problem surfaced when a couple who married in the state crossed out "Party A" and "Party B" on the marriage license and inserted "bride" and "groom." Brad Dacus of the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) picks up the story. "The state of California refused to recognize this marriage between a bride and a groom, and said [their marriage license] had to be filled out again to [read] only Party A and Party B – that the state of California no longer recognizes a marriage between a bride and a groom or a husband and a wife," Dacus explains. Does that mean homosexual groups have not quite told the truth about their objectives? "Homosexual activists have been saying all along that homosexual marriage takes nothing away from heterosexual, traditional marriage," the attorney contends. "They are lying. They know they are lying, and this is the evidence to prove it." Dacus contends the situation is all the more need for California voters to approve Proposition 8, which would overturn a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing homosexual "marriage." Voters will get their chance to do so in November. According to a PJI press release, one minister asks, "What's next? Will the state of California force...[ministers] to use the terms 'Party A' and 'Party B' in the ceremony itself?" Kevin Snider, chief legal counsel for PJI, believes it is a "denial of the legal realities" to say that same-sex marriage takes nothing away from traditional marriage.
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