Yesterday the New Hampshire House approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. The New York Times reported that the bill was passed by close vote of 186 to 179. The bill must still pass the State Senate and signed by Gov. John Lynch. Civil unions between same-sex couples was made legal last year, but the state has not been as successful at getting same-sex marriage legalized.
New Hampshire’s next door neighbor, Vermont, also is considering same-sex marriage. Last Friday, the State Senate approved the bill. The House is set to hear the same-sex marriage bill next week; however, the Gov. Jim Douglas has already announced his intentions of vetoing the bill if it reaches his desk. Although Vermont was the first state to legalize same-sex civil unions in 2000, the same-sex marriage bill doesn’t have as many supporters.
As I have spent a lot of time reading family law and divorce, I’m still not sure what to make of same-sex marriage. We have never been a country to limit a person’s rights to pursue whatever makes them happy. Is same-sex marriage really dangerous to our government and country? Yet, I understand the strong opposition because the marriage is not recognized by the Church.
Please respectfully share your thoughts: Same-sex marriage – why do you support or disapprove of it?
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We’ve all seen the headlines of celebrities, or more often people that lucked into marrying a celebrity, demanding more money. How can one be expected to live on less than a million a year?
One of the big celebrity stories making waves is the divorce between Countess Marie Douglas-David and former United Technologies CEO George David. In 2005, the couple signed a prenuptial agreement saying that gave Douglas-David $38 million in cash, stock and a Park Avenue apartment. Douglas-David is asking the judge to throw out the order because she says she was coerced into it.
The Swedish countess says she cannot afford to live on that amount but needs $100 million. Now, before you start to pick your jaw back up off the ground, the countess also says that she needs $130,000 a month in alimony. David is estimated to be worth $329 million.
You have to begin to wonder if these outrageous demands are beginning to make alimony payments look like a joke, but when you have that much money to being with, is Douglas-David’s request reasonable?
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Welcome to my divorce survival guide! You may recognize me from an array of social media sites that I signed up for. Social media is a great place to talk with people from all over about what’s going on, but I decided to start my own blog to work more with the divorce community.
There’s a lot of divorce support out there on the Web, and I’m under the belief, the more, the better! Divorce is one of the most significant experiences you will go through. Some people find it easy to cope and are glad to out of an unhappy marriage. Others miss the relationship they left behind and need the support of many to work through the process. Whether you chose to deal with your divorce privately or publicly, I hope you find what I write about helpful.
As the resident divorce writer for Total Attorneys, I felt it was important for us to add some personality to the company. If you are going through something as personal as a divorce, you want to connect with a person. Not only do I want to provide insightful, helpful, touching or even humorous posts, I hope that you can help me be telling me what we can do better. If you are looking up divorce, but aren’t quite ready to meet with a divorce lawyer, what do you ultimately want to find?
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