What's tougher to get than a same-sex marriage? A same-sex divorce

Los Angeles Times ^ | July 25, 2008 Posted on 07/25/2008 6:40:19 AM PDT by John Jorsett 'They've given us no choice but to be married forever,' says a Rhode Island woman. Her state doesn't recognize gay marriage, and the state where she was wed limits divorces to residents. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- On the morning of May 26, 2004, Cassandra Ormiston and her long-time partner Margaret Chambers arose early, hopped in the car and raced across the border into Massachusetts. Then-Gov. Mitt Romney, a staunch opponent of same-sex marriage, had already ordered some Massachusetts cities to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples who lived outside the state, and Ormiston and Chambers hoped to get to nearby Fall River before the ban took effect there. By afternoon, they were married. "I was so elated," Ormiston said. "When I was in... [read full story]