After all that fuss to get married.....

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Oct 9, 7:37 PM EDT

Lesbian Couple Seeks R.I. Divorce

By ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press Writer


Lesbian Couple Seeks R.I. Divorce


PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts should have the same right as heterosexual couples to divorce in their home state of Rhode Island, lawyers for the women told the state's highest court Tuesday.

Cassandra Ormiston and Margaret Chambers were married in 2004 after same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts. Last year, the couple filed for divorce in Rhode Island.

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Wouldn't moving to a place where their marriage is not recognized simply annul their marriage? There is no marriage to dissolve according to RI...
 
Umm the same issues exist with other marriage laws. Ie age and marrying how close of a relative.
I have never heard of those being annuled by moving to a different state with different marriage laws.
 
uscitizen said:
Umm the same issues exist with other marriage laws. Ie age and marrying how close of a relative.
I have never heard of those being annuled by moving to a different state with different marriage laws.
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If the state doesn't recognize the marriage at all, then there is nothing to dissolve.

Say, Mr. IMarriedFourFourteenYearOldGirls moved to RI and tried to "divorce" them all, what would happen to him? Would he simply go to jail for his idiocy or would they grant 'divorces' to marriages that they don't recognize?
 
ib1yysguy said:
Wonder what Dixie would say about this. He thought both homosexual marriage and divorce were sins.
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I'm sure he would have been laughing about how they fought so long for marriage and then want to divorce so quickly afterward.
 
Damocles said:
Wouldn't moving to a place where their marriage is not recognized simply annul their marriage? There is no marriage to dissolve according to RI...
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Obviously not. States are supposed to accept contracts made in other states... it's in something called the "constitution", in case you were wondering.
 
Damocles said:
If the state doesn't recognize the marriage at all, then there is nothing to dissolve.

Say, Mr. IMarriedFourFourteenYearOldGirls moved to RI and tried to "divorce" them all, what would happen to him? Would he simply go to jail for his idiocy or would they grant 'divorces' to marriages that they don't recognize?
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There are some states that allow people to marry 14 year old girls. If you move to California, you can still get a divorce, be it whenever she's 14 or 30.
 
Yep GA, and Kansas ? allowed 2 yr olds to marry with parential consent if they have not straightened that out yet.

Truck drivers love GA.
That is not their daughter riding with them.
 
uscitizen said:
Yep GA, and Kansas ? allowed 2 yr olds to marry with parential consent if they have not straightened that out yet.

Truck drivers love GA.
That is not their daughter riding with them.
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There are a bunch of states that allow minors to get married with their parents permission (in fact, I think it's pretty much all of them). Kansas allowed 12 year olds to get married. Then that big case happened where they were going to put that 18 year old in jail for 20 years for getting his 13 year old wife pregnant, and I think they changed it.

Still, simply moving into another state while your still married, even if that marriage wouldn't have normally been possible under that states regular conventions, in no way annuls the marriage.
 
I was referring to the law that got messed up in an attempt to keep gays from marrying. Kansas or OK maybe. It literally allowed people of any age to marry with parential consent, but I think they have fixed it now. I figured the mormons slid that in there.
 
Watermark said:
Obviously not. States are supposed to accept contracts made in other states... it's in something called the "constitution", in case you were wondering.
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There is this law, the "Defense of Marriage Act" that specifically excepts these marriages....

You are being disingenuous and basing arguments from ignorance. Educate yourself before attempting to "insult" others with dry sarcasm that doesn't just miss the mark, but is based in total ignorance of the subject and based wrongly on actual application and law.
 
Damocles said:
I'm sure he would have been laughing about how they fought so long for marriage and then want to divorce so quickly afterward.
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It's no funnier than a couple who lives together for almost ten years, gets married, and six months after the wedding the wife, a nurse, leaves him for a doctor. And then the husband, your cousin, decides to get married to somebody else and you (me) are supposed to go to yet another bridal shower and wedding, because you have nothing else to do with your money.

We've already perfected this stuff.
 
Watermark said:
There are a bunch of states that allow minors to get married with their parents permission (in fact, I think it's pretty much all of them). Kansas allowed 12 year olds to get married. Then that big case happened where they were going to put that 18 year old in jail for 20 years for getting his 13 year old wife pregnant, and I think they changed it.

Still, simply moving into another state while your still married, even if that marriage wouldn't have normally been possible under that states regular conventions, in no way annuls the marriage.
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I said "basically". However, the Defense of Marriage Act specifically exempts states from having to recognize such marriages. Thus, according to their own laws, there is nothing to dissolve.

The attempt here is to force the state to recognize a homosexual marriage from another state regardless of the law. In order to grant a divorce, you must first recognize the fact of a "Marriage".
 
Damocles said:
Wouldn't moving to a place where their marriage is not recognized simply annul their marriage? There is no marriage to dissolve according to RI...
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I could be wrong about this, but running away to another state doesn't mitigate legal issues involved with divorce under Rhode island law. Things like custody or alimony.

Hmmm...I wonder if I could avoid alimony if I ran away from california? (just kidding)
 
Cypress said:
I could be wrong about this, but running away to another state doesn't mitigate legal issues involved with divorce under Rhode island law. Things like custody or alimony.

Hmmm...I wonder if I could avoid alimony if I ran away from california? (just kidding)
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Umm alimony and such depends on the state the divorce is granted in.
Of course I am sure there are exceptions....
 
Cypress said:
I could be wrong about this, but running away to another state doesn't mitigate legal issues involved with divorce under Rhode island law. Things like custody or alimony.

Hmmm...I wonder if I could avoid alimony if I ran away from california? (just kidding)
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There is no alimony in Colorado. So, yes, if you filed here first then divorced you would have avoided alimony payments.
 
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