Mrs. Barry Herridge
The straights have a new poster child for traditional marriage.
Sinead O’Connor ended her marriage to therapist Barry Herridge after 16 days. She said she knew the marriage was doomed just three hours after the ceremony.
But she still made it to 16 days. Maybe she needs to see a therapist. Oh wait … maybe she just needs to blame it on the gays.
But at least she will be able to end her marriage — no matter where she lives.
The Washington D.C. city council will take up a same-sex divorce ordinance in January, according to the Washington Post. The bill has the support of eight out of 13 city council members.
The problem, according to the city’s leaders, is that anyone can marry in D.C., but only residents can file for divorce there.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has done his part to deny marriage to same-sex couples by preventing them from getting divorced. One case in which he intervened involves a Dallas couple that was married in Massachusetts. Currently all 50 states and D.C. have a residency requirement for divorce.
With the attorney general’s intervention, the Dallas couple remains married, three years after beginning the process of divorce.
Should the D.C. law pass, couples married in that city will be able to divorce there, no matter where they live. Abbott will be unable to prevent Texas couples married there from divorcing there.
But O’Connor will be able to get divorced wherever she lives. And her 16-day marriage will be considered “traditional.”
