I guess it follows that, if the powers that be are so steadfastly against gay marriage, they’d be just as opposed to gay divorce:

A judge in Family Court, where divorces are handled, asked the Rhode Island Supreme Court for a ruling on whether his court had jurisdiction, given that Rhode Island doesn’t recognize gay marriage. The state Supreme Court decided that the women weren’t legally married in the eyes of the state and therefore couldn’t get divorced.

[Margaret] Chambers then tried filing for divorce in the state’s Superior Court, but last month a judge there ruled that the court had no jurisdiction over marriage dissolutions. A Massachusetts divorce isn’t an option because only residents who have lived in the state for a year can file there.

“They’ve given us no choice but to be married forever,” said [Cassandra] Ormiston. “Their worst nightmare.”

It’s actually not “their worst nightmare” — it perfectly follows the lack of acknowledgment for homosexual unions. If you’re not recognized as married in the first place, then you certainly can’t follow on to divorce.

Still, there is some irony in not letting gay people at self-repudiate the sacred institution. An absurd situation all around.