Well, you should stop staying up so late Citizen, or you're going to look like death at the weddings!

It's about time their be given the right to marriage; their love is no different then a love between a man and woman. Now the rest of the states should join California.

Glad to hear this! Really though, "party A" and "party B"? That's just so unromantic...

*applause*

It's about time we moved closer to this!

Party A and Party B is so stiff and informal. Why not husband and husband/wife and wife?

How exciting!

Not a fan of the language, either, though. What are they going to say...I now pronounce you Party A and Party B!?

Look like New York might not be far behind! From the Times today: "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... instructed the agencies that gay couples married elsewhere “should be afforded the same recognition as any other legally performed union.”"

And I think the Party A/B business is mostly for the paperwork and legal whatnot? I bet you might be able to finangle your own wording in the ceremony...

Party A? I mean, really?

Might as well have been Homo Sapien 1, Homo Sapien 2.

there are lots of reasons to be bummed about living in california right now (budget, housing crisis, etc.), but at least we have this we can be proud of. this is awesome.

Part A and Part B?? I'm not sure how that is solved in Spain but I'm certain it's not that ridiculous. Husband and husband and wife and wife are perfectly fine.

Still, that's amazing news.

I saw the headline and all I could think of was "First Gay Marriage Divorce set for June 17th, 2009."

Hooray California!

YAY! I really don't know what else to say.

I think that the substitution of Party A and Party B is just for legal document reasons.

Otherwise it would be like:

Wife and wife or husband and husband or wife and husband.

It is unromantic.

If the economy starts getting a little boost in CA, I bet it will be from all super hip gay weddings! You know they'll have more style on average than the typical hetero wedding!

woohoo! It's about time. Now, all the other states just need to allow gay marriage.

This is wonderful! AND now New York is recognizing gay marriages from other states as legal. What great news!

It's about time!!

I wonder how long it will take for all the other states to follow...

Too bad my red state will never follow suit

I'm with everyoabout "Party A" and "Party B" - why not just say their names? But come to think of it, it's tough to think of any romantic-sounding generalities that don't include mentions of gender. My thesaurus widget is letting me down, at least. =)