Just a little more equal than others, we suppose.

"County Clerk Greg Smith plans to open his office doors at the County Administration Center along San Diego Bay at 7 a.m. – an hour earlier than normal – to accommodate the influx."

"Alameda, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sonoma and Yolo counties stayed open late yesterday to perform weddings after the court ruling went into effect at 5 p.m."

"The clerk's office plans to bulk up staffing and extend hours to accommodate as many as a dozen couples at a time throughout the day."

As we’ve stated before, we’re opposed to the new definition of marriage but not vehemently so…. we’re not going to take to the streets to protest and we’re still torn as to whether or not we will sign a petition for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as that between a man and a woman.


But finding out that the language of “bride” and “groom” has been scrubbed from the new marriage license to pave the way for the infinitely more descriptive, definitive and charming “Party A” and “Party B” has us a little perplexed. We thought this was about equality and not about advancing an agenda. We were assured by the California State Supreme Court that this was about a “right” to form a family union and not an imposition of one’s values on the values and traditions of heterosexual couples. Denying hetero couples the “right” to be able to call themselves “bride” and “groom” seems to fly in the face of this whole thing, does it not?

To our knowledge, breeders can’t request the old form. If we are wrong, please let us know but as it stands, we’re now more inclined to sign that petition because, quite frankly, the claims of how this wasn’t agenda-driven and was merely striking a blow for civil rights, rings a little hollow right now.