Change They Need
I recently griped about North Carolina’s stupid, fascist, unenforceable and officially unconstitutional sodomy law, but there’s no reason to single out NC except that I happen to live there. Other states deserving this same dishonorable mention include Alabama (Ala. Code 13A-6-65(a)(3)), Idaho (I.C. § 18-6605), Kansas (KSA § 21-3505), Louisiana (R.S. 14:89), Massachusetts (MGL Ch. 272 § 34), Michigan (MCL § 750-158), Mississippi (Miss. Code § 97-29-59), Oklahoma ( Okla. Stat. § 21-886), South Carolina (SCCL 15-16-120), Texas (Tex. Pen. Code § 21.06), Utah (UCA § 76-5-403) and Virginia (Va. Code § 18.2-361). Yes, I did say Massachusetts. Yes, that Massachusetts. The one commonwealth where gays have a right to marry, but any attempt to consummate that marriage is deemed “abominable,” “detestable,” and punishable by 20 years’ imprisonment.
Speaking of Pyrrhic victories, the Goodridges, who scored all Massachusetts gays the right to platonic marriage, are now exercising their newly won right to gay divorce. Isn’t that special?
February 4th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
[Stolen from commenter on another blog.]
These gay divorces are a threat to the sanctity of heterosexual divorce!
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February 5th, 2009 at 8:46 am
It is also illegal in NC to cohabitate w/o being married. There are several cases of people losing benifits from the state because they are commiting a crime by living together.
February 6th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Are we sure that gay divorce is legal? I mean I’ve heard of some judges making gay MARRIAGE a legal right, but did the legislature enact a statute allowing gay divorce?
Do we really want to undermine the sanctity of gay marriage?
Let’s think this over a bit. Don’t want to be hasty.