I now pronounce you spouse and spouse: New York revises terms on marriage license

Frank and I will be finding out soon enough – a trip to City Hall is planned sometime in August. Terminology was always iffy for me. I preferred the word “lover” to “partner” for many years, since partner sounded like I was in business with the man I was waking up with every day. That was twenty years ago, and now I say partner very easily. From what I hear, “husband” and “wife” are slowly making their way into common lgbt currency, but maybe “spouse”, as it will now say on marriage licenses in New York, will win the day. From the Poughkeepsie Journal: ALBANY — The state Health Department today released a new marriage license for the state to recognize same-sex couples, changing the form to have two columns for “bride/groom/spouse.” The new marriage licenses – which add the term spouse — will be distributed to town and city clerk offices across the state in advance of the same-sex marriage law taking effect July 24. Clerks have been awaiting the new forms so they will be ready to process them when the law starts. Some clerk offices – including in Rochester, Ithaca, Binghamton and New York City – plan to open on July 24, a Sunday, to begin accepting the forms.]]>