Gay Divorce

By Justin

Story from Associated Press

Yes I am going to go there.  Currently circulating around our great State is two cases where gay people who were married in other states, where gay marriage is legal, are requesting divorces from Texas courts.  Problem is the voters of this State in 2005 approved by 76 percent an amendment to our State’s constitution that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.  Now we can argue all day on this amendment and get nowhere.  But frankly I am annoyed.

Most people want to make this a case of equal rights.  In my head it has nothing to do with equal rights.  It has to do with a basic understanding of law.  In these United States of America marriage is defined and governed by the states.  Each state creates its own set of laws and rules on how that is to occur.  In Nevada you can get married on a whim.  In some states blood tests are required.  In Texas you need 24 hours.  Also in Texas, you must be a man and woman.  Like it or not it is the rule of the land in these parts as decided by 76 percent of that balloting cycle’s voters. 

This case is not unlike other rules we abide by.  Seat belts are mandatory on a state level in 49 states.  As you drive across this great Union, you are required to abide by the laws of that state, not the state you are from.  The same is true for homeowner’s associations.  In Texas, you are required by law to be told of an HOA upon signing an offer on a home.  You agree to live by those covenants when you buy the house.  If you didn’t read them, that isn’t the HOA’s fault that is yours.

So this case is simple to me.  You chose to leave the State in which your marriage was valid and legal and opted to move to a State in which it is not.  Please save our (yours and mine) tax dollars and stop pressing the courts to do something they should have to in the first place. 

Now if we want to discuss gay rights….