Oh I love Cindy Adams’ cynical look at the new same-sex marriage law that will go in effect this Sunday in new York! So timely with the blog I wrote today about gay/lesbian/same sex divorce. :)
Not a gay old time
by Cindy Adams (New York Post)
Sunday, New York’s first day for same-sex marriages, brings a new rendition of that old wedding song. It’ll now be: “Here comes the bride … here comes the bride …" Officiants will say things like: "Do you, Stanley, take this man, Myron, to be your lawfully wedded husband?”
That’s in two days. In one day, forget barbecues. Instead of picnicking, lawyers are having a real picnic. What they’re grilling are betrothees-to-be. We’re talking prenups. Not like who gets the dog, the apartment, the steady weekly Brazilian wax appointment. Now it’s who gets the child? They’re sharing makeup? Who gets the mascara?
I kinda went on a rant in today’s blog….hope you guys understand….sometimes it just happens. :) Same Sex Marriage in Vermont Gone Wrong I read an article the other day by Karen Hartman in the New York Times. It chronicles her very unusual situation. You see, back in 2000, Karen and her girlfriend drove from their home in Brooklyn up to Vermont to get hitched under that state’s more favorable same-sex marriage laws. I have to add a disclaimer here and let you know that my family is from the great state of Vermont. I lived there until I was ten; my grandparents are buried there; my grandmother Pearl worked for the state’s long-standing senator Patrick Leahy; my mother and cousin graduated from the University of Vermont…I love that state. But even I didn’t run off to get married there “just because I could”. As you know, New York just recently passed a new law to allow same-sex marriage in their state and the first ceremonies will be held this Sunday, July 24th. The problems began for poor Karen and her nameless lesbian wife four years later when Karen had an affair with a man and decided she wasn’t gay anymore. Read More If anyone thinks that same-sex marriage will destroy families, they’re crazy. If anything, it’s destroying the same-sex families that already exist when a parent has to explain to their child why mommy and mama or dad and daddy can’t get married in their state. This is a great story and an Op-Ed piece about a family in New York who will finally be married this weekend by Mayor Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion. :)
