Mississippi Supreme Court Narrowly Grants Same-Sex Divorce

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Mississippi Supreme Court Narrowly Grants Same-Sex Divorce

By JEFF AMY AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. — Nov 5, 2015, 5:38 PM ET

A narrowly divided Mississippi Supreme Court voted to allow a lesbian couple to seek a divorce, even as two justices questioned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage and suggested that landmark ruling has no constitutional basis.

The 5-4 decision Thursday came after DeSoto County Chancery Judge Mitchell Lundy Jr. ruled in 2013 that the Mississippi Constitution and state law prevented him from granting a divorce to Lauren Czekala-Chatham and Dana Ann Melancon because the state didn't recognize same-sex marriage.

Czekala-Chatham appealed, and it was initially opposed by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat. However, Hood asked the court to allow the divorce after the June 26 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.

On Friday, same-sex couples will be in federal court seeking to overturn Mississippi's last-in-the-nation ban on adoption by gay couples.

In the Mississippi court's divorce ruling, five justices said in a two-page order that because Hood had reversed his position, "we find no contested issues remain" and sent the case back to DeSoto County for further action.

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[SheilaT]

1. If you get married legally, you should be able to get divorced legally.

What's so hard to figure out about that?

What does need to be done is to look at all the laws related to marriage and divorce and perhaps rewrite them in gender-neutral terms.

[rurallib]

2. They don't want them married but they won't let them divorce?

good gawd people make up your minds!


for the humor impaired

[RKP5637]

3. The ignorance and stupidity from these types is astounding. They have such

twisted and maligned thought processes. Married or Divorced. It's easy!!! Make your inane laws gender neutral. Maybe get yourselves a Staples "Easy" button!!!