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State will change marriage licenses to say 'bride' and 'groom'
Bride and groom are in. Party A and Party B are out.
California state officials, saying they had heard from residents all over the state who would like to be identified as "bride" and "groom" on their marriage license, announced Monday that state forms will be changed. Again.
Couples filling out the license will now have the option of declaring themselves bride and groom, bride and bride or groom and groom. They can also leave the space blank. The new forms will be available in county offices in November.
A spokesman for the California Department of Public Health which oversees vital statistics denied that that changes are in response to the couple's lawsuit which was filed last week. Spokeswoman Suanne Buggy said the new language had been discussed for some time.
"These options are consistent with court rulings," said Buggy.
State officials changed the forms after the May state Supreme Court ruling that legalized same sex marriage. After that ruling, courts mandated state paperwork to use gender neutral language. State officials dropped the terms "bride" and "groom" and replaced them with the word "Party A" and "Party B." Bride and groom are in. Party A and Party B are out. ... more -
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Honeymoon funded by trash
A couple spent three months collecting and recycling litter to pay for their honeymoon flights.
John and Ann Till, from Petersfield, in Hampshire, took thousands of cans and bottles to a recycling center at a nearby Tesco supermarket.
For every four recycled items, they earned a reward point which was then converted into BA air miles.
They amassed 36,000 miles, which they used to fly back in business class from their US honeymoon.
The Tills came up with the idea while buying petrol at Tesco in Havant, where an automated recycling unit that gives loyalty-card points had been installed for a trial period.
They had enough money for a Queen Mary 2 cruise to New York but could not afford the flights home, so the couple started scouring the streets of their home town for rubbish, clocking up the miles for their dream honeymoon.
There was enough rubbish out there to fly us to the moon and back A couple spent three months collecting and recycling litter to pay for their honeymoon flights. ... more -
More married men taking their wives' last names
When indie musician Todd Baechle married Orenda Fink, he made a decision that rocked some worlds. He took his wife's last name.
Fans of his band, the Faint, buzzed about it. Music writers were confused when he said he had a brother in the band, even though every member has a different last name. The move initially miffed his parents.
And — most troubling for Fink — it was grueling to navigate the legal process of changing his name. Many county and state officials didn't know what to do.
"Humans trust traditions," said Fink, now married three years. "But some things are worth changing. Sometimes you have to walk off the sidewalk if you want new experiences."
There's a slow-growing trend for men to take their spouses' last names. No local, state or national agency records the instances, but anecdotal evidence nationwide indicates it's more common, said Mark Rosenbaum, a lawyer and University of Michigan professor of law who has led legal charges in California to make the process as easy for men as for women.
Employees at the Douglas County Clerk's Office, which issues marriage licenses, recall about five men who have made the choice in the past decade. Jackie Fairbanks, registration supervisor for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services' vital records division, hasn't seen many, but she has noticed more in the past year or two. When indie musician Todd Baechle married Orenda Fink, he made a decision that rocked some worlds. He took his wife's last name. ... more -
Howard Stern, Ostrosky tie knot in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shock jock Howard Stern has embraced tradition. The radio talk show host known for hosting porn stars married his longtime girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky, on Friday.
"I can't wait to marry Howard," she told Newsday before the ceremony at Manhattan's tony Le Cirque restaurant, adding, "I know, everyone laughs!"
The bride wore a white chiffon gown with cutaway back and sides. Officiating at the ceremony was actor Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa's husband and an ordained minister.
The 180 guests included Joan Rivers, Barbara Walters, Billy Joel, Steve Schirripa, Chevy Chase, Tommy Mottola, and Donald and Melania Trump.
They dined on tuna tataki, scrambled eggs with white truffles and striped bass with caviar - washed down with wine and champagne. Songwriter Phoebe Snow serenaded the newlyweds with "You Send Me," and Joel crooned "The Stranger."
The wedding is an about-face for the media maverick, who once worried on the air that marriage to the model could spoil a good thing.
"It's a nice feeling that we get along great," he said in 2006. "We're very happy, and I don't want to (blank) it up."
But he took the plunge anyway.
Stern told listeners he surprised Ostrosky with an engagement ring in February 2007 - while they were naked in bed.
During his first marriage, he boasted of his fidelity while hosting strippers and porn stars on his show.
Stern and his wife of 21 years, Alison Berns, had three daughters before divorcing in 2001. Their romance inspired his film "Private Parts." NEW YORK (AP) -- Shock jock Howard Stern has embraced tradition. The radio talk show host known for hosting porn stars married his lon... more -
Debate This, Straight Up.
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Rylett the newest Hollywood couple
Google had nearly 700 articles posted about the wedding. The story was People.com's top story for most of the day and Hello.com promised significant coverage in its Friday publications. Google had nearly 700 articles posted about the wedding. The story was People.com's top story for most of the day and Hello.com p... more
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Men Are Happier When Online...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - For men, bliss is often just a mouse-click away while quality time with family is guaranteed to put a smile on women's faces, according to an Australian study of what makes people happy.
The "Happiness Index" study, which polled more than 8,500 Australians aged 18-64 years, showed rest and relaxation were the most enjoyable activities while physical exercise was least likely to make people happy.
"Australians are made happy on a week-to-week basis, not by possessions and achievements, but by entertaining experiences and by meaningful interactions with others," said Karen Phillips, managing director of The Leading Edge, the business consultancy that conducted the survey over a week in August.
"This index gives insight into the way we tick, with the results being useful to Australian businesses who want to better communicate with their customers," she added.
Both men and women -- or 63 percent of overall respondents -- picked relaxation as the activity that made them happiest, but that is where the similarity between the sexes ends.
Just over half of men said happiness meant surfing the Internet, playing online games or accessing social network sites such as Facebook, compared with only 39 percent of women.
Fifty-five percent of women said having meals and spending time together as a family made them happiest, compared to 45 percent of men. Women are also more likely than men to have been made happy by their pets.
More men than women, 48 percent versus 40 percent, found happiness being intimate with another person while 38 percent of men, and only 28 percent of women, said drinking with friends brought them joy.
More women than men said reading a good book, eating comfort food or buying gifts made them happy. Continued at the link... SYDNEY (Reuters) - For men, bliss is often just a mouse-click away while quality time with family is guaranteed to put a smile on wome... more -
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Reynolds marries Johansson in B.C. ceremony
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Levi's supports gay marriage
San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. will cochair with Pacific Gas & Electric to encourage businesses to oppose California's proposed gay marriage ban, Proposition 8.
The move is in keeping with the philosophy of Levi Strauss, the first Fortune 500 company to ever offer health benefits to the domestic partners of gay employees. Levi Strauss has pledged $25,000 to Equality for All, the coalition leading the campaign. San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. will cochair with Pacific Gas & Electric to encourage businesses to oppose California&#... more -
Helping Child Brides in Yemen
At an age when girls in the West still play with dolls, Nujood found herself married to a man three times her age. But in her home country of Yemen -- a deeply conservative Middle East Muslim nation -- this situation isn't uncommon.
Yemeni lawyer Shada Nasser had long opposed the practice of early marriage when, in April 2008, she got a chance to do something about it. At an age when girls in the West still play with dolls, Nujood found herself married to a man three times her age. But in her home cou... more -
Are interracial relationships still taboo?
Sam Jackson is in a theatre near you in Lakeveiw Terrace and (spoiler alert!) he plays a cop who doesn’t like interracial relationships, and it makes you wonder if interracial relationship are still taboo. There have been plenty of films made about the subject, from Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner to Jungle Fever and Something Different, and they all have different takes that screen as hopeful and optimistic. But in reality, some Black people still have a problem with interracial dating. This could largely be regional: it’s common-place and casual to see interracial couples on the coast, but in the North and South, it can still provoke stares and snide comments. People also still believe that Black men choose White women as a sign of upward mobility. Sports figure are said to marry White women exclusively, but we can prove that isn’t true. Doesn’t matter. There is also some idea that Black men tend to date outside of their race more than any other. I don’t know that this has any truth to it at all, but Black men with White women tend to be more conspicuous and scrutinized differently than Black women with White men.
The biracial children that these couples often produce also have a hard way to go: they sometime struggle to find an identity in a country where so much is predicated by race. Having Sen. Barack Obama, a biracial man, run for president could change attitudes about it, but it may be too soon to know. What do you think? Sam Jackson is in a theatre near you in Lakeveiw Terrace and (spoiler alert!) he plays a cop who doesn’t like interracial relationship... more -
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