California Measure Deletes “Husband," “Wife” From State Marriage Law
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a measure deleting the terms “husband” and “wife” from California's marriage law. SB 1306 was introduced by openly homosexual State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2013 ruling that the state's 2008 voter-approved constitutional amendment, Proposition 8, defining marriage as only between a man and a woman is unconstitutional.
The new measure strikes from the state's family code the references to marriage as a union “between a man and a woman” and replaces the terms “husband” and “wife” with the term “spouse” throughout state ordinances.
With the Supreme Court ruling, California “resumed issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples — and recognizing same-sex marriages from out of state — in June 2013,” reported the Los Angeles Times, but references to traditional marriage had remained on...
