Oops. Poster Couple for "Gay" Rights Is Getting Divorced

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Amusing to say the least...

I'll attack her on something she said though:

""For a bunch of people to tell me who I can love, who I can marry, who I can say this is my person, this is who I choose to spend the rest of my life with, it's mindboggling to me that a few religious people can vote for our equal rights,""

The only thing no one said you could do it get married at a government office. No one said you can't say this is your person, no one stopped you from privately getting married, no one stopped you from living together, etc. None of your damn "right" were violated at all. Now guess what, no one is stopping from from getting divorced either after you apparently didn't want to be with that person all of your life.... so quityerbitchin'!!!!

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http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/08/10350972-poster-couple-for-gay-rights-in-california-is-divorcing

By Irene Moore and Cary Berglund, NBCLosAngeles.com

When gay couples first sought the right to legally wed in California, they argued that they were entitled to all of the benefits of marital bliss.

It was only a matter of time before that benefit extended to the right to split up.

Even as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional Tuesday, one of the state's first gay couples to tie the knot was calling it quits.

Robin Tyler filed for divorce from Diane Olson on Jan. 25. The pair were among 14 same-sex couples who originally challenged the ban in 2008.

In an exclusive interview with NBC4, Tyler spoke about her decision.

"We're human and we went through difficult times," Tyler said. The marriage ran its course, she said.

Tyler and Olson have known each other for 40 years and were together as a couple for 18. They were the poster couple for gay and lesbian rights.

When they wed, in June of 2008, they had gone to the Beverly Hills Courthouse every year for seven years to apply for -- and be denied -- a marriage license.

The ceremony on the steps of the same courthouse was a monumental moment for gay couples everywhere.

"I don't know how to describe it -- I wanted this all my life," Olson told the Jewish Journal that day. "Every time I went to a girlfriend's wedding, and when my brother got married, it was something I always wanted for myself. It looks like God must have wanted it for me, too."

In November 2008 voters passed Prop. 8, banning gay marriage. Tyler and the thousands of other gay and lesbian couples who wed before Nov. 4, 2008, were allowed to remain married but same-sex couples who wanted to get married were forbidden under the new law.

During the prolonged litigation over Prop. 8, Olson marveled at the scope of the ban. "For a bunch of people to tell me who I can love, who I can marry, who I can say this is my person, this is who I choose to spend the rest of my life with, it's mindboggling to me that a few religious people can vote for our equal rights," she said.

Reflecting on their marriage in August of 2010, Tyler said: "Marriage is so important it's the most important relationship that you can have as an adult when you get older."

But even the best of marriages can come to an end. The right to marry wasn't meant to guarantee that gay couples would live happily ever after, Tyler said, but to provide a basic human civil liberty.

Tyler said her marital problems were no different than if the two parties had been a man and woman. Gays and lesbians shouldn't be held to a different standard when granted the same civil rights as everyone else, she said.

"What is the standard to expect when you integrate equality," Tyler asked. "We're just like anybody else and that's all they can expect of us."

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[slim 1,514]

Can she still marry a toaster?

[Dan and Judy 614]

Can she still marry a toaster?

I found out it is best to unplug a toaster before you try to have sex with it

[Darnell 8,478]

I always worried about the legality of divorcing, ie - whatever state passes a law to allow the marriage - they need to pass another law to allow the divorce.

Isn't it just easier to move to Canada, where this stuff has been allowed for a decade already?

Yay Canada! Poutine Rocks !

[sciencenerd 56]

One of the rights of marriage is to get divorced and have equitable division of property, custody agreements, etc. When straight people have a divorce rate of 50%, I don't think there's much room for criticism that a gay couple is getting divorced. Gay people don't want access to the institution of marriage to be in competition with straight people - they just want the same rights and responsibilities in their spousal relationship and that includes the right to dissolve that marriage.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

One of the rights of marriage is to get divorced and have equitable division of property, custody agreements, etc. When straight people have a divorce rate of 50%, I don't think there's much room for criticism that a gay couple is getting divorced. Gay people don't want access to the institution of marriage to be in competition with straight people - they just want the same rights and responsibilities in their spousal relationship and that includes the right to dissolve that marriage.

and you need government to tell you this? You need government to validate how you feel about someone?

Kind of pathetic if that's the case.

[slim 1,514]

I found out it is best to unplug a toaster before you try to have sex with it

Did you find that out the hard way?

[kittylondon 47]

they upheld their promises for 17 years and 298 days more than kim kardashian and her husband...

you wanna pick on everyone who ever said they loved someone and it didn't work out DECADES later? or just the gay ones? let me guess....

it's 2012. this is no time or place for homophobia. get over it.

[slim 1,514]

Why aren't all these states allowing polygamy now?

If gays are allowed to get married, why can't someone have multiple partners?

[Laure&Colin 281]

Amusing to say the least...

I'll attack her on something she said though:

""For a bunch of people to tell me who I can love, who I can marry, who I can say this is my person, this is who I choose to spend the rest of my life with, it's mindboggling to me that a few religious people can vote for our equal rights,""

The only thing no one said you could do it get married at a government office. No one said you can't say this is your person, no one stopped you from privately getting married, no one stopped you from living together, etc. None of your damn "right" were violated at all. Now guess what, no one is stopping from from getting divorced either after you apparently didn't want to be with that person all of your life.... so quityerbitchin'!!!!

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http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/08/10350972-poster-couple-for-gay-rights-in-california-is-divorcing

By Irene Moore and Cary Berglund, NBCLosAngeles.com

When gay couples first sought the right to legally wed in California, they argued that they were entitled to all of the benefits of marital bliss.

It was only a matter of time before that benefit extended to the right to split up.

Even as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional Tuesday, one of the state's first gay couples to tie the knot was calling it quits.

Robin Tyler filed for divorce from Diane Olson on Jan. 25. The pair were among 14 same-sex couples who originally challenged the ban in 2008.

In an exclusive interview with NBC4, Tyler spoke about her decision.

"We're human and we went through difficult times," Tyler said. The marriage ran its course, she said.

Tyler and Olson have known each other for 40 years and were together as a couple for 18. They were the poster couple for gay and lesbian rights.

When they wed, in June of 2008, they had gone to the Beverly Hills Courthouse every year for seven years to apply for -- and be denied -- a marriage license.

The ceremony on the steps of the same courthouse was a monumental moment for gay couples everywhere.

"I don't know how to describe it -- I wanted this all my life," Olson told the Jewish Journal that day. "Every time I went to a girlfriend's wedding, and when my brother got married, it was something I always wanted for myself. It looks like God must have wanted it for me, too."

In November 2008 voters passed Prop. 8, banning gay marriage. Tyler and the thousands of other gay and lesbian couples who wed before Nov. 4, 2008, were allowed to remain married but same-sex couples who wanted to get married were forbidden under the new law.

During the prolonged litigation over Prop. 8, Olson marveled at the scope of the ban. "For a bunch of people to tell me who I can love, who I can marry, who I can say this is my person, this is who I choose to spend the rest of my life with, it's mindboggling to me that a few religious people can vote for our equal rights," she said.

Reflecting on their marriage in August of 2010, Tyler said: "Marriage is so important it's the most important relationship that you can have as an adult when you get older."

But even the best of marriages can come to an end. The right to marry wasn't meant to guarantee that gay couples would live happily ever after, Tyler said, but to provide a basic human civil liberty.

Tyler said her marital problems were no different than if the two parties had been a man and woman. Gays and lesbians shouldn't be held to a different standard when granted the same civil rights as everyone else, she said.

"What is the standard to expect when you integrate equality," Tyler asked. "We're just like anybody else and that's all they can expect of us."

I just wish the government would remove you the right to be married to a non-US citizen. Just so you would think twice before saying getting married should not be a right for other people.

So much hatered is bad for your karma.

[luckytxn 2,263]

Oops.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

I just wish the government would remove you the right to be married to a non-US citizen. Just so you would think twice before saying getting married should not be a right for other people.

So much hatered is bad for your karma.

English only please outside of the regional forums.

[Dan and Judy 614]

Did you find that out the hard way?

the instructions just said dont put a fork in it!

I didn't realize it could grab onto you like that.

An there is no safety release

Im just thankful it was set to light and not Dark

[Danno 1,228]

Why aren't all these states allowing polygamy now?

If gays are allowed to get married, why can't someone have multiple partners?

Amen Bro, any state which allows two men to marry should also allow three men to marry.

Every argument for gay marriage will be and is being used in courts right now to allow the absolute freedom to design and define what marriage means to them.

If centuries of customs and tradition are meaningless... why bind people to the very same thing with limiting how many......or even other factors such as cousins marrying cousins?

[sciencenerd 56]

and you need government to tell you this? You need government to validate how you feel about someone?

Kind of pathetic if that's the case.

Of course you don't need the government to validate how you feel about someone - if that's all it was, why would straight people ever get civilly married? However, the government provides rights that come with marriage and one of those rights is equitable distribution of property upon dissolution. I don't think any of us here need the government to tell us who to love and how to feel about them, but it's ironic that you say this on an immigration forum where the vast majority of people do need the government to recognize their relationship in order to be together. The government doesn't regulate the emotions, but they do regulate the laws. Obviously.