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California Brings Back "Bride" and "Groom" On Marriage Licenses

By Howard M. Friedman

As previously reported, some in California are objecting to the current form of California's marriage licenses. In order to take account of now-recognized same-sex marriages, the forms merely identify the parties to be married as Party A and Party B. In response, the California Department of Public Health last week announced a change. Effective November 17, new forms will be used. They will call for information about the "First Person" and "Second Person" applying for the license. In addition, optional boxes will be available that can be checked to identify the applicants as "Bride" and "Groom". Yesterday, the AP reported on the change. [Thanks to Alliance Alert for the lead.]

Full post as published by Religion Clause on October 07, 2008 (boomark / email).