[cva66snipe]

There is a wide variance in the levels of retardation. They should be allowed all considerations of any married couple needing long term care assistance. I've heard people argue it pro and con. A family in my neighborhood had a man disabled by Polio and his wife was retarded. Their daughter was fine last I heard she was a college grad and had married and taken in her parents.

My guess is the couple in this article ended up in group homes likely due to advanced age of their parents or their parents planning ahead. This case would have wide implications for all with disabilities and their right to marry. Marriages with disabilities of spouses involved can and do work. The added cost to the state for this couple would be nil.

[ZinGirl]

The added cost to the state for this couple would be nil

not necessarily. possibly establishing a precedence of allowing co-habitation in the group home? and is his home an all-male, hers an all-female? (I forget already what the article said. :P). what's next, then?

I don't know the solution, but I can see both sides.

and you're right...we don't know to what degree these two are mentally-challenged.