Because Pennsylvania does not recognize same-sex marriages, a county judge has ruled he cannot issue a divorce order for two women who married in Massachusetts in 2009. In the ruling, which appears to be one of first impression, the judge wrote that the state Supreme Court has described a "fundamental right" as "'inherent in man's nature,' among the 'basic rights of human beings,' and among the 'Hallmarks of Western Civilization.'" The argument that a same-sex marriage passes such a test is "unsupportable," he wrote.
March 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Because Pennsylvania does not recognize same-sex marriages, a Berks County judge has ruled he cannot issue a divorce order for two women who married in Massachusetts in 2009.
In the ruling, which appears to be one of first impression, Berks County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott E. Lash stayed close to Pennsylvania’s pronouncements on the issue of marriage and opted not to stray from what has already been said on the subject.
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