Gay marriage takes a giant leap off a cliff: activist judge allows New Jersey divorce for couple "married in Canada."

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Well, the frontiers of gay marriage were push a little farther out today when an activist New Jersey judge played along with the political drama provided by two other gay activists, residents of Maryland, claiming to have been "married" in Canada find themselves apparently incapable of getting a "divorce" in Canada, so they're managing to get a divorce in.... new Jersey.

Makes perfect sense to me.

Not.

Gay marriage activists will also be thrilled with the reason given for the New Jersey divorce: The petitioner says

she needs a divorce recognized in Canada so she can marry another woman there.

If this ain't a "made-for-TV" movie, I've never seen one.

The judge's idiotic, non-legal reasoning for this moronic reasoning?

New Jersey has a long history of recognizing marriages that are valid where they were performed.

So, if we reach the point where people are allowed to marry, say, ducks in Zimbabwe, apparently, in the stilted world of New Jersey Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson, we would have to recognize THAT effort as well.

Or, more reasonably, her Honor would have to recognize say, a Tanzanian marriage between a 14 year old male and a 12 year old female... or younger.

New Jersey, of course, does not allow recognized gay marriage.

This hasn't been a particularly great week for the concept of gay marriage, much like, come to think of it, the training wheels seem to have fallen off President Obama's tricycle.



Judge: Pair married in Canada can divorce in NJ
Friday, February 6 | 1:29 p.m. The Associated Press

A state judge has ruled that gay marriage is recognized in New Jersey for the purpose of divorce.

The wider implications of Friday's ruling aren't immediately clear. But state Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson says New Jersey has a long history of recognizing marriages that are valid where they were performed.

New Jersey doesn't let gays marry but does allow civil unions, which extend the benefits of marriage to gay couples.

La Kia (lah-KEE'-ah) and Kinyati (KIN'-yah-tee) Hammond were married in Canada in March 2004 and lived in Maryland. La Kia Hammond says she needs a divorce recognized in Canada so she can marry another woman there.

The state has not said whether it will seek an appeal.