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Old 04-20-2010, 09:34 PM
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Default Re: Gay marriage leads to gay divorce.

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Originally Posted by crazyflamingos View Post
Almost all U.S. states have a residency requirement to get a divorce in that state. Since neither woman is a resident of Massachusetts, they cannot be divorced in Massachusetts.
OK, that begs the question, were they residents of MA when they got married?

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Originally Posted by crazyflamingos View Post
You are misunderstanding what the word, "both", in the sentence is referring to. It refers to the state of Texas and to her wife, "the woman she married in Massachusetts." She is not fighting two women; she is fighting one woman, her wife, and the state, Texas.
I was misunderstanding the statement. Maybe I should have read it twice. It makes more sense now. (Woman - singular, Women - plural) Thanks
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