Couple fight California’s gender-neutral language in wedding license
You can’t make this stuff up:
In May, after the California State Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage legal, the courts mandated state officials to provide gender-neutral licenses and other marriage forms. “Bride” and “groom” became “Party A” and “Party B.”
[Newly-married heterosexual couple] Bird and Codding have refused to complete the new forms, a stand that has already cost them. Because their marriage is not registered with the state, Bird cannot sign up for Codding’s medical benefits or legally take his name. They are now exploring their options, she said.
Bird and Codding say they are trying to figure out what to do next. Bird said she does not know what she will do if she should become ill and need insurance. “I really don’t know,” she said.
With millions of gay couples in America locked out of the benefits of marriage by unconstitutional state laws banning marriage for gays and lesbians, it’s such a slap in the face for this couple to suggest that they’re being discriminated against because they don’t like the terminology on the form. Perhaps their struggle will open their eyes to the hurtful and discriminatory position that gay people are subjected to in this country.
But something tells me probably not.