Md. court: Gay divorce OK while gay marriage isn't

Fox News ^ | May 18, 2012 | Associated Press

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland's highest court ruled Friday that same-sex couples can divorce in the state even though Maryland does not yet permit same-sex marriages.

The Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that couples who have a valid marriage from another state can divorce in Maryland. The case involved two women who were married in California and denied a divorce in 2010 by a Maryland judge.
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Michele Zavos, Port's attorney, cheered the ruling, because now Maryland will at least recognize same-sex marriages from other states, regardless of the outcome of a referendum, even if opponents successfully get enough signatures to put the law on the ballot and it is overturned by voters.

"Maryland's referendum laws cannot overturn a Court of Appeals decision," Zavos said. "That decision can only be overturned by the Legislature, and given the Legislature passed marriage, I think that we can expect that this decision will remain the law of Maryland."

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Homo-activists applauding the fact that government may trump the will of the people. "We don't need no stinkin voter approval to shove our sodomy in your faces, we got the judges and the gubmint!"

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Two ways for a weasel politician to say they do not support gay marriage while letting the homo activists know that they actually do:

"marriage is one man and one woman, but I support the rights of gay couples to adopt"

"I do not support gay marriage, but gay divorce is a different issue."

[MortMan]

“shove our sodomy in your faces” just sounds so wrooonnnggg! ;-P

[BuffaloJack]

And here I though “The Gay Divorcee” was a movie starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

[ArtDodger]

No problem. Just like, in some places you can’t own guns but it is ok to turn them in.....

[RC51]

It has never been about “LOVE” or “ACCEPTANCE”. It has always been about Divorce from day 1. The Divorce Lawyers Association has been bankrolling this all along.

[longtermmemmory]

note how this fox news story editorializes by saying “yet”.

It is also worth noting the judges on the courts subject to merit retention elections are SCARED because of what happened to other judges who were in fact recalled following a homosexual marriage forced on the public vote.

They could have imposed it here by hedged their bets to avoid a recall vote.

[Paleo Conservative]

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Oh, goody.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!