What a shock, they find out marriage isn't easy.

It would have been hilarious if they allowed same sex marriage but denied same sex divorce.

OMG!! Teh Gheys are ruining the sacred institution of marriage!!

The couple, Theresa Ramirez and Adelita Guajardo, are among more than 100 same-sex couples who applied for a marriage license in the county since June.



Hmmm...if the divorce rate is only 1 out of 100, then the same sex marrage folks are WAAAAAAY ahead of the general population.

Sounds just like marriage to me.

Lionel Mandrake: OMG!! Teh Gheys are ruining the sacred institution of marriage divorce!!

ftfy

This thread could go so many places.

Well, back to sinnin'.

Who's getting custody of the double dong?

This only proves that gay marriage is exactly the same as straight marriage. Da proof is in da puddink.

saintschenectady: This only proves that gay marriage is exactly the same as straight marriage. Da proof is in da puddink.

Actually, if the divorce rate is this low then preliminary evidence indicates that same sex marriage is more stable than 'regular' marriage.

To be fair though, we don't have enough of a data sample yet to draw any conclusions....but it is interesting enough to study.

I am shocked to learn that equal rights = equal rights.

In November, California voters will get a chance to decide for themselves whether these same-sex marriages are legal in California.

Wow! You mean that the relationship can lose its appeal when the "the world is trying to tear us apart!" thrill is gone?

SkinnyHead: In November, California voters will get a chance to decide for themselves whether these same-sex marriages are legal in California.

Fortunately, polls show a majority of Californians are opposed to writing bigotry into the State Constitution.

How dare they.
Straight people never get divorced.

Lionel Mandrake: Fortunately, polls show a majority of Californians are opposed to writing bigotry into the State Constitution.

Then you should have nothing to worry about. In fact, proponents of same-sex marriage should welcome the opportunity to have the voters decide. If the voters approve of same-sex marriages, then same-sex marriages will have much more legitimacy than they have now. Marriages approved by the people have more legitimacy than marriages forced on the public by an activist judiciary.

That relationship ended lickety-split.

Didn't Doonesbury already covered a same sex divorce between the characters of Mark and Chase last year?

steevmit: That relationship ended lickety-split.

I see what you did there. Good jorb.

If 2 women get divorced how will the lawyers make it so they both get everything?

/stolen from a thread long ago

Lesbian bed death (new window) makes me giggle.

SkinnyHead: In November, California voters will get a chance to decide for themselves whether these same-sex marriages are will still be legal in California.

ftfy

GIS "lesbian divorce"

Yeah once you run out of windmills to tilt at it's mostly dirty dishes, who took the last Midol and "God, you're fat".

Marriage isn't a sociopolitical tool.

It's a contract. Read the fine print.

Rapmaster2000: If 2 women get divorced how will the lawyers make it so they both get everything?

/stolen from a thread long ago

Probably, and since it's California guess who gets to pay.

They're from Fresno. Nobody from Fresno is happy, hence the divorce.

Rapmaster2000: If 2 women get divorced how will the lawyers make it so they both get everything?

/stolen from a thread long ago

All kidding aside, that is a very serious question. gender bias in divorce cases in this country tends to favor the woman (in some states more than others). With 'gay marrage', it would be impossible to rely on that bias and equitable distribution of assests would have to function under a new mechanism.

I'll bet this situation has divorce lawyers sweating bullets.

Weaver95: Hmmm...if the divorce rate is only 1 out of 100, then the same sex marrage folks are WAAAAAAY ahead of the general population.

Of course, traditional marriages have a few hundred years of a head start.

/it's only been since June

SkinnyHead: Then you should have nothing to worry about.

You're the troller with the GED in law, right? Carry on.

SkinnyHead: Lionel Mandrake: Fortunately, polls show a majority of Californians are opposed to writing bigotry into the State Constitution.

Then you should have nothing to worry about. In fact, proponents of same-sex marriage should welcome the opportunity to have the voters decide. If the voters approve of same-sex marriages, then same-sex marriages will have much more legitimacy than they have now. Marriages approved by the people have more legitimacy than marriages forced on the public by an activist judiciary.

It's just like when those activist judges allowed negroes to marry our white women!

lordargent: Weaver95: Hmmm...if the divorce rate is only 1 out of 100, then the same sex marrage folks are WAAAAAAY ahead of the general population.

Of course, traditional marriages have a few hundred years of a head start.

/it's only been since June

I believe I mentioned the small statistical sample issue previously. That said, within a decade we should have sufficent data to start identifying trends.

The only shocking bit was that in California, it takes six months to get a divorce.

In Phoenix, for no-fault divorces, they have a kiosk. You do your own filing, answer some questions, both sign the paper and drop them in a box and you're done.

Of course, this is for no-fault only. It's a community property State too, so if you have property to divide, or have kids, etc., you have to do it the long way.

Hosebeatings: Lesbian bed death (new window) makes me giggle.

It's also a good band name as well.

btw: welcome to reality. Marriage is not all kissyface and romance.

In for a penny, in for a pound I say.

So who's getting the Indigo Girls CDs?

Weaver95: lordargent: Weaver95: Hmmm...if the divorce rate is only 1 out of 100, then the same sex marrage folks are WAAAAAAY ahead of the general population.

Of course, traditional marriages have a few hundred years of a head start.

/it's only been since June

I believe I mentioned the small statistical sample issue previously. That said, within a decade we should have sufficent data to start identifying trends.

I've always thought that not being allowed to marry was one of the advantages of being gay.

Welcome to the wonders of marriage AND divorce. Now hand over half your shiat.



Hosebeatings: Lesbian bed death (new window) makes me giggle.

Thanks for the link -- I learned a new term -- U-Haul Lesbian.

If I told you you had a lesbian ex-wife would you hold it against me?

SkinnyHead: Lionel Mandrake: Fortunately, polls show a majority of Californians are opposed to writing bigotry into the State Constitution.

Then you should have nothing to worry about. In fact, proponents of same-sex marriage should welcome the opportunity to have the voters decide. If the voters approve of same-sex marriages, then same-sex marriages will have much more legitimacy than they have now. Marriages approved by the people have more legitimacy than marriages forced on the public by an activist judiciary.

When the religious and "Conservative" types make it evil, people won't vote for it.

/And you're a farking idiot for using the term "Activist Judiciary".

black_knight: So who's getting the Indigo Girls CDs?

Dude it goes so deeper than that, what's the matter with you?

There's the Melissa Ethridge CD, Live from Lillith Fair, Heart CDs
Where will it end?

Here's the 1959 judicial decision in the initial trial of Mildred Loving. We'll consider anti-gay marriage arguments to be just as stupid as this argument in 50 years.

Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, Malay and red, and He placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with His arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that He separated the races shows that He did not intend for the races to mix.

Apparently, we never should have invented boats. It was against God's will.

Seacop: Dude it goes so deeper than that, what's the matter with you?

There's the Melissa Ethridge CD, Live from Lillith Fair, Heart CDs
Where will it end?

Elvis.

Lesbians dig Elvis.

I guess they found out why a lot of straight married couples look so pissed/older then they look/fat/insane.

/Not all marriages are like that, though
//Can't we all just agree that marriage is an old agreement between two families for the purpose of sharing wealth?
///And that homosexuality is forbidden because gay couples can't make children to continue this 'agreement'?

Seacop: black_knight: So who's getting the Indigo Girls CDs?

Dude it goes so deeper than that, what's the matter with you?

There's the Melissa Ethridge CD, Live from Lillith Fair, Heart CDs
Where will it end?

Heart?

Are they required to go through the counseling and a years wait to see if they can "work it out"?

Wait for it... Look at the lawyer she retained, Her lawyer always sides with women, I got ripped....

bunner: Elvis.

Lesbians dig Elvis.

Huh. Is it because he looked like Rosie at the end?

I believe somebody said this before but it bears saying again:

"When lesbians get divorced does the judge give both of them everything?"

It's like when Heather and Carl tried dating on Mr. Belvedere, and once Kevin dropped his opposition to them dating, they realized they had nothing in common and broke up.

/mmm Heather

Seacop: black_knight: So who's getting the Indigo Girls CDs?

Dude it goes so deeper than that, what's the matter with you?

There's the Melissa Ethridge CD, Live from Lillith Fair, Heart CDs
Where will it end?

I had some bulldyke get in my face demanding to know how we would have Lilith Fair without lesbians one time. She seemed to think Lilith Fair was of any interest or importance to anyone outside the shrieking harpy lesbian demographic, and that by depriving the world of this wonderful artistic expression, I would be destroying the universe or something.