Well folks, here's the bad news, when we attended a discussion group on LGBT legal issues at the Pride festival in Green Bay, WI on Saturday, a lawyer asked if any of the couples there were planning on going to California to get married or if any of us were already married. We raised our hands and he asked where we got married. We told him Toronto and after congratulating us he said "now for the bad news". We have broken a 1914 Wisconsin law and could face a $10,000 fine and 9 months in jail. The law was originally made (among other things) to prohibit minors from crossing the state line to marry. It is called the Uniform Marriage Evasion Act. Well folks, guess we fall into that category somewhere. Steve and I both asked where we can sign up to test this law and challenge it. When he asked where we lived and we told him Madison...he said "NOT A CHANCE". There isn't a prosecuter in Dane county that would take it on...it would be thrown out of court right away. Dane county is far to liberal and progressive to mess with such a thing. Fair Wisconsin lawyers ARE looking for a couple to test this out, but he said they need to be from a conservative area of the state...probably further north somewhere. If you want to read more on this story, let me know and I'll send you the link.
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