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...Enough about the sanctity of marriage and the family units that hold society together. Look at us. People marry complete strangers on TV simply for money. Pop stars wed out of boredom. Divorces are tearing millions of families apart, and it is hardly uncommon to marry (and divorce!) multiple times. Call me crazy, but I would rather see two people who are deeply in love and dedicated to raising a family together be able to marry, regardless of their gender. Timothy Maynes South Burlington...
...state is obliged to recognize same-sex marriages performed by another state. Some conservatives fear that the Supreme Court--or at least some future, more liberal configuration of the court--might overturn that law, especially in light of the challenges that are certain to arise once gays who have wed legally in Massachusetts seek to have other states recognize their marriages...
...marriage, civil and religious--the latter being the basis of much of the reaction against gay marriage--some would prefer to see a legal regime in the U.S. like those of many European nations, where couples marry at city hall in a civil ceremony. They are then free to wed in a house of worship as well, which is equally free not to marry them if it violates the traditions of that faith...
...least for a while, Shanon Delaney enjoyed the sweet thrill of marriage. On Valentine's Day 2001, the hair stylist, 32, and his partner wed in a civil-union ceremony. Three years later, that formal recognition made their breakup a little easier to bear. They went to family court and made it official again. Delaney kept the cats; his partner kept the car. "I call it my divorce," Delaney says. "That way everyone can understand what I went through...
...Texas, a lower-court judge in Beaumont allowed two men who had been wed in Vermont to dissolve their union, but he reversed himself after state attorney general Greg Abbott argued that because Texas law prohibits gay marriage, the state cannot grant a gay divorce. If mediation fails, the only other alternative, says Houston attorney Jerry Simoneaux, is district court, where a judge might, for example, divide assets according to how much each partner contributes. Family court judges can weigh what is fair. "The person who stayed at home would lose a lot," Simoneaux says...