Be aware that not all marriage applications or licenses are made public.
However, the marriage laws — unchanged since 1961 — contain a marriage license application with sections for male and female applications.
marriage application!" Alfred Gonzales, a teacher who lives in Chelsea, said he and his partner of 17 years, Tom Allsup, had been looking forward to being one of the first couples to apply for a license on Tuesday.
"I was just reminded that about a year ago we found a $5 bill stapled to a marriage license application that was dated a few years back.
State law calls for a minimum waiting period of three days before a marriage license application can be approved.
John Haggerty Dear Diary: My partner, Betty Walker, and I wanted to return to her childhood roots in the South Bronx to get married, so we drove from Manhattan to the Bronx County Courthouse to fill out a marriage license application.
"I wouldn't say we're doing it as a political statement," said Brian Vetruba, a 35-year-old librarian from St . Louis as he picked up a marriage license application on Tuesday and reserved a date for a marriage ceremony for himself and his partner in city hall later in the week.
"You have to think twice to make that kind of commitment," said David Kloss, a 53-year-old retired off-shore oil exploration rig manager from San Francisco, who came to city hall the other day pick up a marriage license application with his Canadian partner.
They came to the Toronto city hall this week, where the rainbow gay flag now flies on the roof to celebrate Pride Week and the new social revolution going on inside, and filled out a marriage license application, which still has blanks for bridegroom and bride.
