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Gonz

Gonz

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You wanted to be married. Well, damnit, you made your bed, now lay in it.

A lesbian couple from Connecticut who married in Massachusetts during last year's rush of same-sex weddings find themselves in somewhat of a pickle – there's no legal way for them to divorce.

When Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney invoked a pre-existing law that prevented issuance of marriage licenses to people who could not legally marry in their own state, it effectively voided the union of Anita Ann Albanese and her partner, a woman identified in court papers as "Lane." Anita and Lane, however, still had reason to hope their marriage would receive legal blessing when proponents of same-sex unions challenged the ban invoked by Romney.

The problem is, Anita and Lane no longer want to be together, nor do they want to find themselves legally yoked if the legal challenge to the Massachusetts ban succeeds at some future date. They want their marriage annulled.
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WND
 
Because the 'marriage' between Anita and Lane was "premised on a violation of the Massachusetts marriage statute, the 'civil marriage' was not valid from its inception, but null and void, and, therefore, Connecticut has nothing to dissolve or annul."

The case has been dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Until Connecticut lawmakers recognize same-sex marriage, Prestley concluded, the pair must remain both unmarried and un-divorced.
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I don't see what the problem is.
If they weren't legally married, then can't can't get legally divorced. Because you can't dissove a union that wasn't united in the first place.

They should just go on their separate ways and get on with their lives.
 
habanero said:
I don't see what the problem is.
If they weren't legally married, then can't can't get legally divorced. Because you can't dissove a union that wasn't united in the first place.

They should just go on their separate ways and get on with their lives.
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Bureaucracy my dear man, bureaucracy. On some gov't desk somewhere, it shows them as married. Since they are married, they can't marry another. Ever.
 
If gay marriage is illegal, how could they get married to another woman again anyway.

Unless of course, they want to marry someone of the opposite sex.....................

This is getting confusing.
 
It was legal in San Francisco & Massachusetts, for about an hour
 
See what's crazy is, the heros want to just live together, and be happy now,
and the homos want to get married. :retard2:

I guess it's a "grass is greener on the other side" thing. :la:
 
Getting married to make a statement...:p they deserve the buerocratic nightmare they stepped into...

same goes for those who marry for the citizenship etc...

marry for love, or don't bother. (This goes for hets and homos alike)

For those who got married for the right reasons...I hope that this doesn't touch'em.

**I refer to my own signature on this issue**
 
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