Posted on 04/09/2012 6:26:41 AM PDT by NYer
Maryland's highest court is poised to hear arguments in a precedent-setting case involving two women who married in California but were denied a divorce in Maryland, which does not currently allow same-sex weddings.
The Court of Appeals of Maryland in Annapolis was set to hear arguments Friday from lawyers for the lesbian couple who are seeking to end their marriage. A Maryland judge declined to grant their divorce in 2010, basing his decision on the conclusion that the women's marriage is not valid under Maryland law.
But lawyers for the women disagree, saying the state should recognize gay marriages performed elsewhere even though Maryland does not allow same-sex weddings at the present time. As a result, the couple should be allowed to divorce in the state, the lawyers say.
The high court's ultimate decision may have limited effect since same-sex weddings, and by extension divorces, are set to start in the state in January 2013 under a law passed this year. But opponents of the new law are seeking to overturn it in a potential voter referendum.
Meanwhile, judges in Maryland are inconsistent about granting divorces for gay couples who married in another state. Lawyers involved in Friday's case say they believe judges have granted about a half a dozen divorces for gay couples, but their clients, Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan, and at least one other couple were recently denied that.
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It’s why I post things like I did. I thought the world had gone mad in the early1990’s. It was just on the road to complete madness. I say this because I spend more time on liberal sites than on FR and those people simply think conservatives are whacked. Many are proud to say they are socialists.
It is one of the reasons I think we are on the cusp of end time events as mentioned in both the old and new testaments. But the bad news is that the bible says it will be the worst time in the history of mankind. The good news is that that is followed by the return of Jesus.
I know. I forgot the sarcasm tag. It’s getting to the point where everything the progressive judges do can only be borne with sarcasm.
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