Having It All.

I caught this little ditty on the Associated Press wire a few days ago.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts should have the same right as heterosexual couples to divorce in their home state of Rhode Island, lawyers for the women told the state's highest court Tuesday.

Cassandra Ormiston and Margaret Chambers were married in 2004 after same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts. Last year, the couple filed for divorce in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island law is silent on the legality of same-sex marriages.

If the women can't divorce in Rhode Island, their lawyers said the only legal avenue available to them would be for at least one to move to Massachusetts and live there long enough to obtain a divorce.

Now, if that don’t beat all. First of all I must point out that this was not a very well thought out plan on their behalf. Because I’m sure as the sun rises that they more or less fought and marched in order to raise America’s awareness on same sex marriage.

And I’m also sure that they believed in their heart of hearts that most people who marry do so with the notion that love will conquer all. And that THEY as understanding adults will avoid the wrath of the divorce dragon by all measures no matter what may fall into their little pixie dust layered cornucopia of love.

Personally I think the gay community, like the rest of us should have the right to marry. However, the entire nation must be on the same page and allow for same sex marriages, if for nothing else just to let the gay community get a taste of what the rest of us go though and more importantly, for the right to divorce.  I mean how freaking weird is it that a few states will allow for marriages and yet others won’t?  If a couple is not recognized as married then how in the hell can they achieve divorce? Yet… if the state doesn’t believe in same sex marriage then don’t you think they WOULD allow for a divorce to take place so as to right a wrong in their (the states) small thinking world.

The way I see it is that everyone should bear the right to endure the beauty of marriage as well as the misgivings. However, to lock one into this outdated institution without a way out when the both parties basically can’t stand to be in the same city with one another is completely inhumane. It would be like living one’s life in a vat of hot dog water… forever.

Well, just to be on the safe side I’m filling this little note under… ‘Be careful of what you ask for.’

You know… just in case.