I told you gay marriage was the same as regular marriage!

The lesbian couple whose lawsuit ultimately led to the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts have announced their separation.

"Julie and Hillary Goodridge are amicably living apart," Mary Breslauer, a local political consultant, said Thursday night on their behalf. Breslauer declined to comment on how long they had been separated or whether the couple planned to divorce.

The Goodridges were among seven gay couples whose lawsuit, Goodridge vs. Department of Public Health, helped thrust Massachusetts into the center of a nationwide debate on gay marriage. The state's Supreme Judicial Court issued its narrow 4-3 ruling in November 2003 in their favor - saying gays and lesbians had a right under the state constitution to wed. Massachusetts is the only state that allows gay marriage.

The Goodridges were married on May 17, 2004, the first day same-sex marriages became legal under the court ruling, by a Unitarian Universalist minister. Their daughter, Annie, now 10, served as ring-bearer and flower girl.

Now I know that detractors are getting ready to attack gay marriage based on this but I would suggest you not jump into the pool of hypocrisy that this will lead to. Over half of all marriages end in divorce in this country. All this proves is that gay marriage is just as vulnerable as traditional marriages.

Besides everybody knows that the leading cause of divorce in this counrty is marriage.

I really hope these crazy kids work this out. You know, for the children.