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Of the misery...

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090203/D964CQ181.html

Glad to see them getting the ugly side of marriage, and I hope they get some more - get married and divorced multiple times and see how much they like it.

I am all for gay marriage - and I'm also all for gay divorce. Why should heterosexuals be the only ones they make divorce movies about?

BOSTON (AP) - A lesbian couple who led the fight for gay marriage in Massachusetts has filed for divorce. Julie and Hillary Goodridge were among seven gay couples who filed a lawsuit that led to a court ruling making Massachusetts the first state to legalize same-sex marriages in 2004. The couple became the public face of the debate in the state and married the first day same-sex marriages became legal.

The divorce case was filed last week in Suffolk Probate and Family Court and was not unexpected. The couple announced they were separating in 2006.

Messages left for the Goodridges were not immediately returned Tuesday.

Hope it's a really ugly, expensive divorce...

Hope it's a really ugly, expensive divorce...

Why?

Sorry i've missed the reason they should have a horrible divorce wished upon them

Why?

Sorry i've missed the reason they should have a horrible divorce wished upon them

Speaking as a hetero who has had two ugly divorces, if they want equality, they get to have an equal amount of misery and crap.

Why have marriage without the fun of divorce?

I call this equality. Call me when they have all the same legal troubles of divorce, the ugly fights, the child custody battles - everything.

Why?

Sorry i've missed the reason they should have a horrible divorce wished upon them

Because that'll learn them to want rights.

Speaking as a hetero who has had two ugly divorces, if they want equality, they get to have an equal amount of misery and crap.

Why have marriage without the fun of divorce?

I call this equality. Call me when they have all the same legal troubles of divorce, the ugly fights, the child custody battles - everything.

You're embarassing.

You're embarassing.

They're the ones getting divorced. Call them up and tell them that they're embarassing the cause...

You're embarassing.

to be embarassed, you first must be capable of shame.

They're the ones getting divorced. Call them up and tell them that they're embarassing the cause...

They're not embarassing anything. You are embarassing. I meant the words that I said, so don't presume to know different.

Speaking as a hetero who has had two ugly divorces, if they want equality, they get to have an equal amount of misery and crap.

Why have marriage without the fun of divorce?

I call this equality. Call me when they have all the same legal troubles of divorce, the ugly fights, the child custody battles - everything.

...That makes absolutely not sense at all. Well, it does...but it just makes you sound like a jerk.

They're the ones getting divorced. Call them up and tell them that they're embarassing the cause...

I don't remember that many gay rights groups claiming that all the gay folks had perfect relationships and would never divorce.

I do however remember them wanting equal opportunities to either succeed or fail in marriage

They're the ones getting divorced. Call them up and tell them that they're embarassing the cause...

how is this in any way embarassing "the cause"? The cause is equality. The cause is equal rights. The cause is the right to enter into a legal relationship, with all the rights therein, including the right to leave that relationship.

This doesn't "embarass the cause" in any way. The right to marry includes the right to end that marriage.

Geez, I feel sorry for them. Breakups are bad, and divorces are even worse.
I hope they can settle theirs with the least amount of pain and misery possible. :(

I don't really get why you would bear ill wishes towards them. Even if you disagree with their stance on gay marriage it's no reason to curse them. Besides HW, you didn't strike me as the religious type (am I wrong)?

Gay-divorce is just a logical consequence of gay-marriage. I suppose this is news in the states but gay-marriage and gay-divorce is old news in Canada.

how is this in any way embarassing "the cause"? The cause is equality. The cause is equal rights. The cause is the right to enter into a legal relationship, with all the rights therein, including the right to leave that relationship.

This doesn't "embarass the cause" in any way. The right to marry includes the right to end that marriage.

They're showing the ugly side. They should have stayed together and put on a brave face for the cause.

They're showing the ugly side. They should have stayed together and put on a brave face for the cause.

Why? What would that have achieved?

They're showing the ugly side. They should have stayed together and put on a brave face for the cause.

The ugly side of what? Marriage? Were we unaware that marriages sometimes end in divorce?

You're making especially little sense today, Deep Hot Legs Kimchi Whispering Wife.

They're showing the ugly side. They should have stayed together and put on a brave face for the cause.

Is the cause in your mind to prove that gay couples have perfect relationships?

They're showing the ugly side.

Why, by doing what 50% of married couples in this country do?

They should have stayed together and put on a brave face for the cause.

Why the fuck should they have done that? Forgive me if I don't blame them from not taking tips from the "DK school of relationship advice" playbook

Why, by doing what 50% of married couples in this country do?

Why the fuck should they have done that? Forgive me if I don't blame them from not taking tips from the "DK school of relationship advice" playbook

They need to do this - divorce and get ugly, and sometimes be hypocritical and stay together for the cause - or it isn't equality.

They need to do this - divorce and get ugly, and sometimes be hypocritical and stay together for the cause - or it isn't equality.

Forgive me, but I don't believe your twice-divorced self is in any reasonable position to be offering anything in the way of relationship advice to others.

Why the fuck should they have done that? Forgive me if I don't blame them from not taking tips from the "DK school of relationship advice" playbook

Ouch! Harsh bro!

Forgive me, but I don't believe your twice-divorced self is in any reasonable position to be offering anything in the way of relationship advice to others.

Third time's a charm. Seems to be working quite well now.

That, and unlike most men who get divorced, I got all of the money, the property, and sole custody of the children.

If you want advice on how to win at divorce, just drop me a line.

That, and unlike most men who get divorced, I got all of the money, the property, and sole custody of the children.

you're also a lion tamer, an army sniper, and a lawyer.

Oh, and jesus.

Third time's a charm. Seems to be working quite well now.

That, and unlike most men who get divorced, I got all of the money, the property, and sole custody of the children.

If you want advice on how to win at divorce, just drop me a line.

Yes, well, in the spirit of this thread, I hope your current marriage ends in "a really ugly, expensive divorce."

Speaking as a hetero who has had two ugly divorces, if they want equality, they get to have an equal amount of misery and crap.


But marrying and divorcing does not nessecarily entail "misery and crap". Fail for you, I'm afraid.

you're also a lion tamer, an army sniper, and a lawyer.

Oh, and jesus.

You forgot 'IT trouble shooter'.

Speaking as a hetero who has had two ugly divorces, if they want equality, they get to have an equal amount of misery and crap.

Why have marriage without the fun of divorce?

I call this equality. Call me when they have all the same legal troubles of divorce, the ugly fights, the child custody battles - everything.

Wow, I never thought anyone could be a bigger ass than me. Thank you, I shall now give you the "ass crown". It's a crown that has an actual ass on top.

You're embarassing.
not so. More pathetically amusing and predictable.

But marrying and divorcing does not nessecarily entail "misery and crap". Fail for you, I'm afraid.

Quite right, my mother and father got a divorce when I was ten, and are still on very good terms. Hell! My mom says on a regular basis that she loves my step mother so much, that if my Dad divorced her she'd kill him :tongue:

you're also a lion tamer, an army sniper, and a lawyer.

Oh, and jesus.

Want to see the settlement agreement? The two women didn't even fight it in court.

Want to see the settlement agreement? The two women didn't even fight it in court.

Want to see my license to kill? It's totally legitimate and in no way total internet bullshit.

how is this in any way embarassing "the cause"? The cause is equality. The cause is equal rights. The cause is the right to enter into a legal relationship, with all the rights therein, including the right to leave that relationship.

This doesn't "embarass the cause" in any way. The right to marry includes the right to end that marriage.

*shh* Don't argue with facts, he'll never get that false sense that he's winning. You gotta let them have that false sense of accomplishment first, then crush them.

Why? What would that have achieved?

Bitterness and resentment!

Divorce is to rend apart Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

Despite what they're trying to claim they're not divorced in my eyes, nor the eyes of the Lord thank you very much.

Want to see my license to kill? It's totally legitimate and in no way total internet bullshit.

Nows probably the wrong time to mention I can pole vault at Olympic level, using only my penis.......

you're also a lion tamer, an army sniper, and a lawyer.

Oh, and jesus.
He can hold his breath for 11 minutes, his uncle's Roger Moore, he spooned Richard Nixon and he once took down a bull elephant armed only with a small potato peeler.

Don't forget all that.

Nows probably the wrong time to mention I can pole vault at Olympic level, using only my penis.......

That's nothing, I can pole vault over the Brooklyn Bridge, ON WATER, with mine.

I and my penis fight crime, too!

That's nothing, I can pole vault over the Brooklyn Bridge, ON WATER, with mine.

I and my penis fight crime, too!

Ooo I have the PERFECT comment on this...but I won't post it.

Divorce is to rend apart Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

Despite what they're trying to claim they're not divorced in my eyes, nor the eyes of the Lord thank you very much.

:fluffle:

Divorce is to rend apart Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

Despite what they're trying to claim they're not divorced in my eyes, nor the eyes of the Lord thank you very much.

Fucking win.

:fluffle:
aw thank you!
:blush

what I wouldn't give to see some people picketing the divorce court with placards saying that.

He can hold his breath for 11 minutes, his uncle's Roger Moore, he spooned Richard Nixon and he once took down a bull elephant armed only with a small potato peeler.

Don't forget all that.

What kind of a person needs a potato peeler for One lousy elephant! You'll be saying u use Napalm to hunt deer next pffff.

Wow, I never thought anyone could be a bigger ass than me. Thank you, I shall now give you the "ass crown". It's a crown that has an actual ass on top.

. . . so a toilet seat?

Of the misery...

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090203/D964CQ181.html

Glad to see them getting the ugly side of marriage, and I hope they get some more - get married and divorced multiple times and see how much they like it.

I am all for gay marriage - and I'm also all for gay divorce. Why should heterosexuals be the only ones they make divorce movies about?



Hope it's a really ugly, expensive divorce...

What the fuck is the matter with you?

Being part of a nationally-scrutinized and highly controversial campaign for recognition of a right is fucking stressful. Are you so impeded by prejudice that you cannot see that stressful events can affect ANY KIND of relationship to the point of ending it.

If I didn't know I'd get banned immediately, you would be good and charred right now for expressing such stupid, deliberate and hateful insensitivity.

. . . so a toilet seat?

No, an ass Crown.

Speaking as a hetero who has had two ugly divorces, if they want equality, they get to have an equal amount of misery and crap.

Why have marriage without the fun of divorce?

I call this equality. Call me when they have all the same legal troubles of divorce, the ugly fights, the child custody battles - everything.

Did you imagine, somehow, that the campaign for gay marriage was conceived as a magical divorceless entity? That's ludicrous, and you know it. You've just used this news item to amplify your unreasoned malice.

Strikes me is careful what you wish for you might actually get it. We tried to warn them but oh no you had to fight for equal rights.

Just kidding.

Of the misery...

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090203/D964CQ181.html

Glad to see them getting the ugly side of marriage, and I hope they get some more - get married and divorced multiple times and see how much they like it.

I am all for gay marriage - and I'm also all for gay divorce. Why should heterosexuals be the only ones they make divorce movies about?



Hope it's a really ugly, expensive divorce...

I'm happy that you are happy about homosexuals getting a divorce. In a completely non-bigoted and non-trolling way.

I'm particularly amused at how one lesbian couple getting a divorce means "they" (all homosexuals) are now getting their fare share of misery (which is naturally a good thing, I admit in a completely non-bigoted way as just like you I have gay friends).

Stupidest. Thread. Evah!

Yes. People who campaigned for gay marriage getting divorced. What a happy occasion. The vindictiveness of the post suggests hostility towards gay marriage that you're unwilling to declare and admit to, and a desire to see those who were at the forefront of the campaign suffer. Or do you just like other people's marriages not to succeed out of bitterness because your own relationships have failed? Is there an argument at all?

My troll sense is definitely tingling... this is pathetic.

Stupidest. Thread. Evah!

Yes. People who campaigned for gay marriage getting divorced. What a happy occasion. The vindictiveness of the post suggests hostility towards gay marriage that you're unwilling to declare and admit to, and a desire to see those who were at the forefront of the campaign suffer. Or do you just like other people's marriages not to succeed out of bitterness because your own relationships have failed. Is there an argument at all?

My troll sense is definitely tingling... this is pathetic.

That tingling is not your troll sense.