Judge grants permission for NJ’s 1st gay divorce

A judge has broken legal ground in New Jersey by granting permission to a lesbian couple married in Canada to divorce in New Jersey.

Judge Mary Jacobson says New Jersey has a long history of recognizing marriages that are valid in the country or state where they are performed.

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The Canadian Press, N.J.

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Court rules against lesbian in gay divorce case

An effort by two lesbian women to overturn Oklahoma’s legal ban on homosexual marriage has been denied for a second time in a Tulsa courtroom.

The bizarre case started when two women, reportedly “married” in Canada filed for divorce in Tulsa. The divorce document, which had initials instead of first names, didn’t show that the two parties were both women.

Cait O’Darling used the name “C. O’Darling” in filing for the divorce from “S. O’Darling,” who was later identified as Stephanie Meissen. O’Darling claims they were “married” in Toronto in 2003.

A judge unwittingly granted the divorce, thinking it was a man and a woman. He later vacated that decision and the two women appealed.

Had the divorce been granted under Oklahoma law, it would have been tacit recognition of homosexual “marriage.” Radical homosexual groups around the country were hoping for a legal precedent to develop around the case in Oklahoma. It’s also being tried in other states.

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Tulsa Beacon