Honestly, if you were suddenly able to marry the person you adore, and you went through with it, and that ability to marry was then REVOKED, wouldn't you think that they'd at least leave you in peace? After all, you may have applied for the license, but it was the mayor who permitted it. It's not *your* fault that *he* made a good decision, even if it wasn't wholly legal.
Imagine any straight person getting married and then finding out, six months later, that the marriage is now void. Not because either of them were previously married and not divorced, or not because the official wasn't a real official, but because some asswipe in a COURTROOM decided "hey, you know what, we don't like that this happened, so we'll make it all void now".
I guess it's not surprising to many Americans who actually live in this social climate, but to me, I can't imagine getting married and then people saying "okay, no, it's not valid" and EXPECTING my marriage to be declared void, you know?
I wonder what Rosie's gonna have to say about this, if anything.
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Date: 2004-08-12 11:04 pm (UTC)Honestly, if you were suddenly able to marry the person you adore, and you went through with it, and that ability to marry was then REVOKED, wouldn't you think that they'd at least leave you in peace? After all, you may have applied for the license, but it was the mayor who permitted it. It's not *your* fault that *he* made a good decision, even if it wasn't wholly legal.
Imagine any straight person getting married and then finding out, six months later, that the marriage is now void. Not because either of them were previously married and not divorced, or not because the official wasn't a real official, but because some asswipe in a COURTROOM decided "hey, you know what, we don't like that this happened, so we'll make it all void now".
I guess it's not surprising to many Americans who actually live in this social climate, but to me, I can't imagine getting married and then people saying "okay, no, it's not valid" and EXPECTING my marriage to be declared void, you know?
I wonder what Rosie's gonna have to say about this, if anything.