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"If you watch the news, you're probably familiar with the story of Kelly Lau Schumache and Michael Schumacher, who were arrested Monday for kidnapping and chaining a seventeen year-old boy up in their house. These people are sick beyond description, but there's something important to note here, and Dan Savage nails it:
Kelly and Michael Schumacher are legally married--and they can stay legally married, even if they're found to be guilty of this horrendous crime. They can stay legally married even if the decomposing remains of twenty other teenagers are found buried in their backyard. Their marriage license cannot be revoked. If Michael dies in prison, Kelly can remarry--even if she's serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. If Kelly decides to divorce Michael, he can remarry--even if he's sitting on death row. He can remarry and divorce and remarry and divorce and remarry and divorce until he runs out of prison pen pals. Because the courts have declared that marriage is so fundamental a right that it cannot be denied to convicted rapists or to serial killers.
But it's a right that's denied to me and my boyfriend. Because we're both men and that ain't right."
Bah humbug!
Kelly and Michael Schumacher are legally married--and they can stay legally married, even if they're found to be guilty of this horrendous crime. They can stay legally married even if the decomposing remains of twenty other teenagers are found buried in their backyard. Their marriage license cannot be revoked. If Michael dies in prison, Kelly can remarry--even if she's serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. If Kelly decides to divorce Michael, he can remarry--even if he's sitting on death row. He can remarry and divorce and remarry and divorce and remarry and divorce until he runs out of prison pen pals. Because the courts have declared that marriage is so fundamental a right that it cannot be denied to convicted rapists or to serial killers.
But it's a right that's denied to me and my boyfriend. Because we're both men and that ain't right."
Bah humbug!