# D-i-v-o-r-c-e (s-a-m-e S-e-x) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-i-v-o-r-c-e-s-a-m-e-s-e-x/264380 "2004-09-14T06:01:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-i-v-o-r-c-e-s-a-m-e-s-e-x/264380/1 "2004-09-14T06:01:06Z")
Quoth the [Globe and Mail:](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040913.wdivor0913/BNStory/National/) > [@](#): > > Toronto — An Ontario court approved Canada’s first same-sex divorce on Monday after a judge ruled that the definition of spouses in the Divorce Act is unconstitutional. … > > Lawyer Martha McCarthy, who represented one of the women [and who also secured the ruling for same-sex marriage in Yukon – **m**], said the ruling is historic. > > “We believe that this is not just the first gay or lesbian divorce in Canada, but actually the first gay or lesbian divorce in the world,” she said outside court. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-i-v-o-r-c-e-s-a-m-e-s-e-x/264380/2 "2004-09-14T06:08:19Z")
Several of Vermont’s civil unions have since ended in divorce. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-i-v-o-r-c-e-s-a-m-e-s-e-x/264380/3 "2004-09-14T06:21:19Z")
Yay? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-i-v-o-r-c-e-s-a-m-e-s-e-x/264380/4 "2004-09-14T08:02:08Z")
See, this is why gay mariage should never be allowed. [sub]Yes Yes, I know[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-i-v-o-r-c-e-s-a-m-e-s-e-x/264380/5 "2004-09-14T09:23:37Z")
Where ever ya go, there ya are. I have no idea why that seems apropos to me in this thread, I can only suspect the half-Vicodin I had to take for my back an hour ago. Or maybe I’m just being deep. Alright, maybe it’s just the Vicodin. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-i-v-o-r-c-e-s-a-m-e-s-e-x/264380/6 "2004-09-14T15:10:36Z")
It’s about dang time. Equal rights! Woo! Wonder if they had a pre-nup… and if so, is it binding? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-i-v-o-r-c-e-s-a-m-e-s-e-x/264380/7 "2004-09-14T15:19:28Z")
Does this have anything to do with the midget tossing in Quebec? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-i-v-o-r-c-e-s-a-m-e-s-e-x/264380/8 "2004-09-14T15:27:57Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Does this have anything to do with the midget tossing in Quebec? You are such a bigot, **lieu**. Everyone knows the midget tossing is in Ontario.