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03 Jul 2008 05:16 pm
An Old Tradition
A gay couple just got married in Virginia, because the younger spouse disguised himself as a woman:
The near-nuptials began when the couple arrived at Newport News Circuit
Court on March 24 to apply for a marriage license. McCain, who court
employees said appeared to be a woman, presented a Virginia driver's
license and filled out the section of the application labeled "bride."
Court employees commented on "what pretty skin" McCain had, a court
official said.
It was subsequently exposed and undone. There's a famous case of a lesbian version of this in 1731 when one Mary East became "James How" in order to marry her beloved in Philadelphia. Their marriage lasted thirty-four years before it was discovered. The story is one of many in my anthology on marriage equality, which you can buy here.
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