"Forever" Is A Little Over 3 Years...
Posted by: tony on 07/21/2006 11:00 PM
Updated by: tony on 07/21/2006 11:00 PM
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Expires: 08/21/2006 12:00 AM
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 ...at least if you were poineering "gay spouses".
BOSTON - The lesbian couple whose lawsuit led to legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts have announced they have separated. [Source]
Well, with the state of secular civil marriage, at least that exemplified by the Hollywood glitterati, they did probably about average.
The Goodridges were married May 17, 2004, the first day same-sex marriages became legal under the court ruling, by a Unitarian Universalist minister. Their daughter, Annie, now 10, served as ring-bearer and flower girl.
Now, Breslauer said, for Annie's sake, the Goodridges want privacy.
The child figured prominently in the Goodridges' case. When Julie Goodridge gave birth by cesarean section, there were complications. Hillary Goodridge, at the time having no legal relationship with mother or child, said she was barred several times from seeing her daughter and partner.
Yup, "gay marriages" are great for children. I'm interested on how this child was "Hillary Goodridge's". If she had no legal standing, then the obviously wasn't the child's adoptive mother. Since is wasn't her uterus which bore the child (Julie Goodridge delivered the child) and it obviously wasn't her sperm (since I'm assuming because it was a lesbian "marriage" she also had a uterus, which precludes having testicles that produce sperm, exactly how is this "Hillary Goodridge's child"?
Do our children now become the automatic property of those who choose to shack up with us? Or is this some sort of wierd parallel universe in Boston where Spock has a beard?
I always wondered about the mechanics of a lesbian wedding. Who wears the tux? Do they both wear dresses? Do they both wear tuxes? Who gives "the bride" away? Which "bride"? Do they both get "given away" and of so to whom? Do they walk down the aisle together, of does one walk down, and then the other one runs to the back of the church to walk down next. And which side of the church does which "bride"'s family sit? Are there twice as many bridesmaids, and two maids of honor, or if one is wearing a tux is she allowed to have a best man and "groomsmen"?
Who plans the reception? Do they both plan it? Who gets an engagement ring? Do they each give one to the other? How about at the reception? Do they both throw the bouquet (giving an opportunity for two women to be married next?) How about the garter, do they both wear a garter and each throw each other's? Or are garters far too "patriarchal"?
When they get home, who carries who across the threshold, or do they take turns?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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