The Washington state Health Department will be changing marriage and divorce certificates in response to the same-sex marriage law that takes effect Dec. 6.
Words such as “bride,” “groom,” “husband” and “wife” will likely be gone. The department wants to use gender-neutral terms.
Spokesman Tim Church told KIRO-FM they could be replaced with something like “Spouse A” and “Spouse B.”
The forms will still include gender so the state can track the number of same-sex couples in the state.
The department is asking the public for suggestions…
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I wanna be “the biological entity generally known as”
Why did Dr. Seuss pop into my mind?
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Yeah, not very creative or PC today.
I remember the “debates” before the vote out here:
“Don’t worry, straights…we’re not going to change your marriages with our icky gay cooties. Not One Bit!
Uh huh…
I OBJECT TO THE TERMS “SPOUSE A” AND “SPOUSE B” AS THE SEMANTICS CLEARLY SUGGEST A PRIORITY OR DOMINANCE ROLE OF ONE SPOUSE OVER THE OTHER.
THIS IS THE SHIT UP WITH WHICH AN ENLIGHTENED SOCIETY OF ENFORCED EQUALITY SHALL NOT PUT.
How womaaaantic!
One could be called Homo and the other Sexual.
I just talked to Spouse “F”. She’s doing fine.
Spousal Unit THX-1138 _________
Spousal Unit THX-1139 _________
Bride/Groom (circle one) _________
Bride/Groom (circle one) _________
Pitcher _________
Catcher _________
Spouse 1 _________
Spouse 2 _________
Spouse 3 _________
Spouse 4 _________
(continue on reverse)
Male, Female, Neither, Varies (circle one or more)
If not Homo sapiens, enter species and breed _________
Set of chromosomes xx & xy
Set of chromosomes xx & xx
Set of chromosomes xy & xy
Set of Chromosomes xx or xy & Manufacturer _______ robot model _______ serial number _________
Claire, GMTA!
“Convex” and “Concave” 1 & 2??
The department is asking the public for suggestions…
How about “Go to hell.”
They could save space, thereby paper and ink (think green) with Man 1 and Man 2, Womyn 1 and Womyn 2.
No need to add a gender category.
BTW, why a gender category if they cannot reproduce?
Shim and hemale
Innie and Outie?
Baby lemme be around your house tonight
Wrap your lock around my key
And twist it round just right…
– Teddy Bear, the forgotten lyrics
Sorta unrelated, but–
One weed garden, two alligators, a stripper and a pole.
It must be todaze Lympian.
apotheosis (#5): How about “Spouse A and Spouse 1″.
But even the word “spouse” has questionable connotations.
Unfortunately, all my other suggestions would be unprintable and ill-received by the Department.
Spouse Up
Spouse Down
Spouse Charm
Buuut, that’s a quarky way of lookin’ at things.
Attention: The Department of Redundant Redundancy has re-recently re-received your re-recent re-request. We’ll tha, tha think about it.
Doug, you forgot spouse strange to go with spouse charm.
(Apparently the first version went out to subscribers before the edit.)
Going with physics terms, strong force/weak force, pos/neg,
Spouse apple, spouse orange.
Sp. almond, sp. cashew.
sp. yin, sp. yang
sp. lead., sp. unlead.
jetsam & flotsammoving on now. . .
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Am I not the only one?
Despite all the BS, only man’s law has been changed.
God’s laws remain the same yesterday, today, and forever more.
On trying to change the definition of marriage: You can call a dog a cat if you want, but it’s still a dog.
Abraham Lincoln, way back When, (I think during a debate) was asked “How many legs on a dog?”
“Four”, he replied.
“Let’s call the tail a leg. Now how many?”
“Four. Just ’cause you call it a leg don’t make it so.”
Oh, what a big amount of BS!!!!
Why not Bitch & Bitch?
(sorry, but this makes me very upset, when I hear this and see my soccer team going to Second Division)
Great day to y’all!!