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Posted on 04/20/2010 4:14:42 AM PDT by Palter
After the joy of a wedding and the adoption of a baby came arguments that couldn't be resolved, leading Angelique Naylor to file for divorce. That left her fighting both the woman she married in Massachusetts and the state of Texas, which says a union granted in a state where same-sex marriage is legal can't be dissolved with a divorce in a state where it's not.
A judge in Austin granted the divorce, but Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is appealing the decision. He also is appealing a divorce granted to a gay couple in Dallas, saying protecting the "traditional definition of marriage" means doing the same for divorce.
A state appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in the Dallas case on Wednesday.
The Dallas men, who declined to be interviewed for this story and are known only as J.B. and H.B. in court filings, had an amicable separation, with no disputes on separation of property and no children involved, said attorney Peter Schulte, who represents J.B. The couple, who married in 2006 in Massachusetts and separated two years later, simply want an official divorce, Schulte said.
The drawn-out process has been frustrating for Naylor, who says she didn't file for divorce as an equal rights statement — she just wants to get on with her life.
"We didn't ask for a marriage; we simply asked for the courtesy of divorce," said Naylor, 39, of Austin, who married Sabina Daly in Massachusetts in 2004.
That year, Massachusetts became the first state to let same-sex couples tie the knot. Now, Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont and the District of Columbia also allow them.
Gay and lesbian couples who turn to the courts when they break up are getting mixed results across the nation.
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Why would a state grant a divorce to people it won’t marry in the first place?
I want to divorce Madonna, then I want half.
Ping for your expertise.
Thinks they should pack it in or stick it out?
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When did Texas approve homosexual marriage?
A contract made between two people to be “life-time partners”.. is what it is...:)
They got married in Massachussets.
The state does not recognize the marriage therefore there is no divorce to grant. Go. Leave. Hire a lawyer to divide your joint business. Business partners do this too.
Quit mucking with the courts to push through activist change to established law on MY DIME.
BS, you HAD to ask for a marriage SOMEPLACE before you can ask for the divorce. Retrace your steps.
In Austin no less, the liberal capital of the state.
I really believe you!
She looked better before all of the plastic surgery. Now she just looks fake.
Folks fail to understand at their own peril. These "divorces" are every bit rank homosexual activism as their faux "marriages" are. Don't think that their living in Texas is just a coincidence and that this series of events is in any way incidental or unplanned. The two sodomites in Dallas were well-backed by the most powerful homosexual activist groups and homo-legal entities before they were "married" in Massachusetts to do just that - in order to wedge their foot in the door, by any means, to force some kind of recognition of their perversion in a solidly conservative state.
Homosexuals couldn't care less about marriage other than its usefulness as a political tool.
Has anyone considered that this might have been planned? Not that I’m giving them this much credit, but MAYBE...
Think about it... If the “Health Care Bill” didn’t pass, Congress had a plan to pass an amendment to the bill, thereby passing the “Health Care Bill” by default.
Get married elsewhere, come to Texas for a divorce. If it passes, that means the state of Texas is giving tacit approval for gay marriage.
Thankfully it didn’t happen.
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