Why would it be so odd for it to be published? (Okay, I know, I know--you didn't SAY it would be odd for it to be published!) Some local newspapers do publish divorce filings. If you take the word "published" in its most general meaning, or at least its legal meaning, it means, spoken or written by one person to another.
Court records are there for anyone to see, if they involve adults. It would have been child's play for a reporter to look up a divorce filing by Lois, or by Ed. Why hasn't any news reporter reported it?
A rumor of a possible divorce in the works has been stated by some internet poster, on some forum. Such a statement is a form of publication. Maybe it was Bella, here on freerepublic, with her supposed "inside sources." I don't recall who it was. But any internet poster on any forum is not a credible source.
I have come to the conclusion that you are not someone's alter-ego-poster, since your style is inimitable. You say maybe Sherlock and JG are someone's alter-egos. Don't forget, many of the posters whom you like might be someone's posting alter-ego, too.
And here comes Scaredkat with a list of things for us to consider, and as usual, Bella posts about one line, something to the effect of "exactly right!" I have serious doubts about Bella's existence as a totally separate entity from some other better-known poster. (I don't mean you.)
That's why I somewhat like you, Devil, you're pretty smart. I have neither the time nor energy not motivation to have a dual identity.
Actually, posts by JG are always exactly the same, mean-mouthed. If he is also posting under another name, he has to do some fancy prose parsing to sound like someone else -- but he is capable of that, I think.
Yes, I've often considered a dual identity for some of the more innocuous posters. It's possible.