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Mawwaige is What Bwings us Togevver Today

Nick and Sarah Jenson of Australian Capital Territory may soon be ending their 10-year marriage. The reason: in a non-binding referendum, Australians voted overwhelmingly to legalize same-sex marriage. “My wife and I,” Nick promised in a letter to a local newspaper before the vote, “as a matter of conscience, refuse to recognise the government’s regulation of marriage if its definition includes the solemnisation of same-sex couples.” Sydney lawyer Michael Tiyce has said he will offer free legal support for the couple’s divorce. “My firm does quite a bit of pro bono work in family law each year in the gay, lesbian and trans community. I thought offering assistance to Nick and Sarah would be an excellent way of reaching out across communities with my family law expertise, because quite simply they are going to need it.” Because Australian law requires a marriage to have broken down irretrievably in order to have grounds for a divorce, Tiyce said the divorce will be tricky. But “after our divorce,” Jenson said, “we’ll continue to live together. Hopefully for another 50 years.” (MS/Sydney Australian) ...And there’s no better way to demonstrate the sanctity of marriage than by divorce.