Should California Pass Prop 8?

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California ’s gay faction refuses to acknowledge that same-sex marriages are inherently different than heterosexual marriages.

Using standard dictionary definitions accepted all over the world for time immemorial, the male partner in a marriage is the “husband” and the female partner is the “wife.” Gay marriages would involve two husbands, two wives or, to keep things entirely gender-neutral, two spouses.

Many homosexuals don’t even like using the terms “husband” and “wife” because in their view, those terms imply that one partner (the male) has dominance over the other (the female) when the two should be equal partners. That’s why California ’s marriage license applications now read “Party A” and “Party B” instead of “bride” and “groom.”

A heterosexual couple in the California city of Roseville , located near Sacramento , recently took issue with those designations. The couple wanted their license to acknowledge the male’s role as the “groom” and the female’s role as the “bride,” and noted those roles on their application. The County of Placer refused to process the application.

In an effort to avoid a potential court battle — the couple, who remain legally unmarried, have already filed suit — the state said it would revise its applications to allow couples to choose marital designations corresponding to their genders. Still, California’s concession aside, the state’s use of cold, contractual, gender-neutral language on its marriage license applications makes the gay community’s assertion that same-sex marriages in no way undermine heterosexual marriages appear laughable.

No person who hopes to get married ever dreams of the moment where the person officiating the ceremony says, “I now pronounce you Party A and Party B.” Why? Because that statement is nowhere near as powerful as "I now pronounce you husband and wife."