Gay Marriage Approved by New York Senate

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Who would those parties be? All I can think of are insurance companies...

As a divorce lawyer, I welcome expanding my client base by 10%.

I'm trying to figure out who these parties would be!

Have you had to deal with any gay "divorces"? I put "divorce" in quotes because I know gay marriage is not legal, or recognized, in OK--but informal unions, especially when kids are involved, dissolve all the time.

I'm not even sure if insurance companies would suffer, since most gay households are dual-income and, it stands to reason, are insured individually. We didn't hear anything from the insurance lobby in NYS so they might not even be impacted negatively.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Have you had to deal with any gay "divorces"? I put "divorce" in quotes because I know gay marriage is not legal, or recognized, in OK--but informal unions, especially when kids are involved, dissolve all the time.

Yes, in a limited capacity. I was hired to help dissolve (by agreement) a lesbian household in Stillwater, OK. It basically never went anywhere though. In Oklahoma, were I hired on to one of these as a contested action, I'd treat it as a partnership and apply the same law to dissolving the "marriage" as I would to the dissolution of a for-profit partnership. On paper at least, it seems to be a viable theory.

I'm not even sure if insurance companies would suffer, since most gay households are dual-income and, it stands to reason, are insured individually. We didn't hear anything from the insurance lobby in NYS so they might not even be impacted negatively.

That's the only non-religious reason I could cook up. Like you, I'm without much of an answer as to who is harmed here. But the religious folks seem willing to spend massive amounts of money on this fight.