A public commitment to life-long faithfulness, love, and service is more beautiful and glorious than any other "partnership" in the world. Describe it that way.
Wife
Husband
Spouse
"Partner" is not a suitable synonym for "spouse", "husband", or "wife".
The term emerged to create intentional ambiguity for non-married people in ongoing sexual relationships. It largely remains that.
If you had a pure gold chain, you wouldn't call it a "metal chain" even though it's truly metal. You'd call it a "gold chain" because it's more helpful to the listener and accentuates the glory of the chain.
Old news, but I continue to be amazed at media bias. How could it be more obvious that major news outlets are organized talking-points around climate change, Tr*mp, Ukraine, s*x preferences, education, and science?