The California wedding industry is about to see a major influx of dollars. Starting June 17, "Party A" and "Party B" will fill out the new forms from the state Office of Vital Records. This is of course leads to another party, a wedding reception. Companies are already starting to gear up their advertising, hoping to get a healthy share of all of that cash. Macy's put a huge ad in the LAT. WashBlade has the image:
The Los Angeles Times ran a Macy's ad today showing two mingling wedding rings with the following message: "First comes love. Then comes marriage. And now it's a milestone every couple in California can celebrate."
I imagine the wingnuts are firing up their boycott machine.
Thanks to the new governor in New York, we are likely to see a decent amount of wedding tourism. NYT:
Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California and Canada.
In a directive issued on May 14, the governor's legal counsel, David Nocenti, instructed the agencies that gay couples married elsewhere "should be afforded the same recognition as any other legally performed union."
The directive was issued prior to the court ruling and it is interesting that it took so long for this to be made public. Nevertheless, this does mean that many a gay New Yorker will make a trip to California to fill out their Party A and Party B forms and then return home to get the 1,300 rights that the Republican controlled NY State Senate refuses to give them. Sure they could drive over to Massachusetts, but I have to say there are many prettier places to get married out here than in MA. No offense to the Bay Staters. |
