20 Couples That Put Kim Kardashian’s Marriage To Shame
Your “sanctity of marriage” argument is invalid.
Chris Williams and Juan McCoy have been together for 13 years and are from Maryland. They met at work and still work together and their relationship is as strong as ever. Juan says of Chris, “He brings balance to my life. Whenever I’m agitated he always calms me down. I think I balance him out too.” Recalling Chris’ recent birthday, Juan adds, “I love him beyond what I can actually express. We’re whole separately, but we’re something even better when we’re together.” They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
Ed Watson is 78 years old and has Alzheimer’s. He’s worried that by the time the court finally rules on Prop 8, he won’t be able to recognize Derence, his partner of over 40 years. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
Jan is a retired nurse and Mary Anne is a retired pediatric neurologist. They have been together for more than 25 years and live in Helena, Montana. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
Erica and Tevonda have been together for over 4 years. They’re raising their 3-month old son, Teverico, in North Plainfield, NJ and were forced to get a second-parent adoption to ensure legal protection of their son because of civil unions’ unequal status. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
Maureen and Cindy have been together for 37 years. They live in New Jersey with their 2 children. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
Mike and Rich are raising a son together in Bozeman, Montana. They have been a family for 8 years. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
Peter Ilgenfritz and David Shul of Seattle, Washington. They have an adopted son. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
David and Michael Serkin-Poole have been together 25 years and together raised three developmentally disabled children. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
Jim Early and Garland Tillery of Norfolk, Virginia have been together for over 30 years. In this photo they’re pictured trying to apply for a marriage license. They were rejected.
Johanna Bender and Sherri Kokx of Seattle have been together for nine years and are the parents of five-year-old Zachary and one-year-old Quintin. Johanna is a middle school science teacher and Sherri is an attorney. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
Lee & Bert have been together for over 25 years. They live in Illinois. Recently, Bert had a heart attack and Lee and wasn’t allowed in the emergency room because they weren’t married. Lee had to tell the nurse his marital status was single even though he had been with his partner for 25 years. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
Kathy Glass and Carmah Lawler have been together for over 30 years and are from Colorado. “Kathy has a way of being able to laugh at almost anything even though at our age there aren’t that many things to laugh about,” says Carmah. They cannot get married, but Kim Kardashian can… for 72 days.
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Robert "Bob" Paulson a year agoI think it’s funny that people are still saying they’ve only been married 72 days since Kim filed divorce. They haven’t divorced so this was posted as of their 74th day of marriage.
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MarkAdamsBrown a year agoWhat is marriage? State-sanctioned “marriage” is merely a set of PROPERTY rights intended to protect and nurture children. State-sanctioned “marriage” gives the couple mutual property rights that enhance the couple’s financial stability to encourage them to invest resources in bearing and nurturing children. Its rationale does not apply to same-sex couples who are ethically and naturally disqualified from parenthood. Same-sex couples, like some single heterosexual adults who rely on artificial insemination or surrogates to produce children without a spouse, ethically disqualify themselves from parenthood by selfishly withholding from children a fundamental human right – the right to be born to a mother and a father. Intentionally denying a child a mother and father is child abuse. When will we protect the HUMAN RIGHTS of children? Adults, whether homosexual or heterosexual, who would intentionally deny artificially-created children a mother and a father should be legally barred from artificial insemination and from surrogately-conceiving children. Mark Adams Brown
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ronnalf a year agoMy husband and I have been married a few weeks short of a year. We got married in Washington DC, but live in North Carolina. Unfortunately, our marriage means nothing in NC. God forbid either one of us ends up in the hospital, since we’re an interracial, gay male couple, there’s little hope of the other getting back to the emergency room. Every federal and state form we fill out must say single, even when we bought our house. I don’t understand how we are the ones destroying the sanctity of marriage, when any heterosexual couple is allowed to get married whenever they want, with little to no consequence. At only a year, we’ve already lasted longer than many straight couples, yet their marriage is still more valid than ours. If they don’t allow gay marriage, they shouldn’t allow divorce either! Divorce seems to be the real culprit in destroying the sanctity of marriage!
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stevephengb a year ago
I want Kim Kardashian is sentenced to pay all those couples’ wedding as a result for her divorce.
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kimkunklem a year agoI’ve been divorced twice. It was never the fault of a gay man (or woman) it was however the fault of two heterosexuals. :)
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martinc7 a year agoI have been with my parent for 18 years. While the state we live in (MN) does not recognize our relationship our families do!! They know our wishes if anything happens and we both have written and notorized wills that WILL be honored! I for one am sick of people talking about the “sanctity” of marriage when they are on their 3rd or 4th marriage or are married for a matter of months and in some cases hours. I know many gay couples that have been together longer than many straight couples. And have you noticed most of the people talking about the “sanctity” of marriage are single?! How is letting 2 people who love and support each other get married going to effect your straight life and marriage??
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Krissy Diggs a year agoI am sad to live in a country where you still can’t marry whoever you so choose to marry. I don’t understand how our country has the right to define what marriage is. They’ll argue that it’s defined in the bible as between man and woman…. But here’s the thing, there is SUPPOSED to be separation of Church and state. America is not SUPPOSED to be a Christian nation… that’s what America was founded for… RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Rather freedom FROM religion. That said, how is it that atheists can get married??? I wonder… Bottom line is this: State and Country should have no say in who can and can not be married as long as they are of age and willing. Churches and other religious institutions do NOT have to marry people, they have that right…. but the government does NOT have that right.
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M. H. a year agoMy cousin is a nurse for sick children who have been essentially abandoned by their parents. She has been with her partner for four years. They both love children, and all the kids in our family adore them. They can neither adopt children of their own (they’d be awesome mothers), nor can they get married.
HOWEVER, I read the other day that Rob Pattinson and K Stewert are married in the eyes of the church because a real priest performed the fake wedding in the new Twilight movie.
Maybe things will get better once all the cranky baby boomers die off – the same generation who so arrogantly claimed to have ‘saved the world’ with their political/social movements while at the same time gobbling up all the social security and medicaid like fucking vultures. -
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Cassandra M. a year ago
Perhaps the silver lining to this Kardashian ridiculousness is that it provides a vehicle to keep the fight for marriage equality relevant in the eyes of the media.
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Kstone a year ago
My Wife and I have been together for 9 years and have two children. The fact that people like Kim K. and others that take getting married for granted and then divorce a short time later is shameful. There need to ne Marriage Equality Now!!! Just because the person we love doesn’t conform to the “norm” doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be able to have a long lasting attempt at marriage and get afforded the same rights as hetrosexuals. Think about it ,WE ARE THE NEW NORMAL.
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