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Texas mom challenges transgender widow's marriage

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Texas mom challenges transgender widow's marriage - Yahoo! News


I am not sure what to think. Interested in your perspective. Personally, I think they should stop wasting taxpayers time.


People will do anything for money. That is what all this boils down to.

So should the mom get the money or the transgendered wife?
 

agreed.....seems to me the texas mom is out of line here. they were still married, should be treated as any other marriage.
 
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The wife should. End of story.
 
the money should be donated to the fire fighters, for new fire trucks or something, if they're fighting about money after someone's died, **** both of 'em.

but the bit i find interesting is "egg farm" wouldn't it be a poultry farm? or do they grow eggs from the ground now
 

I think an egg farm is correct. They "grow" eggs in a way. A poultry farm raises chickens for meat.

The wife should get the money. It is a marriage between a man and woman.
 


no way.....the wife isn't fighting, the greedy mother is.
 
liblady said:
no way.....the wife isn't fighting, the greedy mother is.
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the wife is fighting to hold onto the money, i just don't see how trying to hold onto money you got by profiting off a loved ones death is all that important.
 
spud_meister said:
the wife is fighting to hold onto the money, i just don't see how trying to hold onto money you got by profiting off a loved ones death is all that important.
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So she should just let the mother take what is not rightfully hers?
 
Your Star said:
So she should just let the mother take what is not rightfully hers?
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:lol: as Mr. Kenobi once said "from a certain point of view". I'm sure if you asked the mother about who rightfully gets the money, you'd get a different answer.

but it is a tricky situation, 'cause legally, it appears the mother is right, morally however, the wife is, and while i think the wife should get to keep the cash, if they can't simply get over themselves, neither should have the money, and it should go to a worthy cause, rather king solomon-esque
 

Alright you get points for quoting Star Wars

But I think that the wife is both legally, and morally right. They were married, and just because she is trans, doesn't make it any different than any other marriage.
 
Your Star said:
Alright you get points for quoting Star Wars

But I think that the wife is both legally, and morally right. They were married, and just because she is trans, doesn't make it any different than any other marriage.
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except in in texas, same sex marriage is illegal, and under texan law, she is a man, which is the crux of the problem.
 
spud_meister said:
the wife is fighting to hold onto the money, i just don't see how trying to hold onto money you got by profiting off a loved ones death is all that important.
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Profiting off the death of a loved one is a very interesting way of looking at life insurance, Spud. And cold.

This is a miscarriage of justice. I hope his wife has the money to appeal because I believe it will be struck down. 'Course our court systems are sooo ridiculous, I suppose one never knows.
 
spud_meister said:
except in in texas, same sex marriage is illegal, and under texan law, she is a man, which is the crux of the problem.
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Well that Texas law should be repealed, because it is idiotic.
 
spud_meister said:
the wife is fighting to hold onto the money, i just don't see how trying to hold onto money you got by profiting off a loved ones death is all that important.
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she's entitled to it, not the mother. who knows what her circumstances are? the mother is the disgusting leech here.
 
The wife should absolutely lose. Marriage is a contract, and when you lie about your gender you make the contract unilaterally voidable.

In fact, I'd support him if he decided to sue.
 
Gipper said:
The wife should absolutely lose. Marriage is a contract, and when you lie about your gender you make the contract unilaterally voidable.

In fact, I'd support him if he decided to sue.
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She never lied about her gender. She's a woman, end of story.
 
The hell she is. Daddy passed along a Y chromosome.

You can call yourself the Queen of England for all I give a damn. Have fun making the law call you "your highness".
 
MaggieD said:
Profiting off the death of a loved one is a very interesting way of looking at life insurance, Spud. And cold.
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how do you look at it, a surprise present from beyond the grave? you insure your car so that if it dies, you can fix it, good luck doing that to a dead person, the entire purpose of life insurance is so you can go "bummer, they're dead, but at least i get some cash"
 
Gipper said:
The hell she is. Daddy passed along a Y chromosome.

You can call yourself the Queen of England for all I give a damn. Have fun making the law call you "your highness".
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She's had SRS, so she more than likely has a F on all of her government papers, and documents. Doesn't matter the way she was born, she's a female by federal law. End of story.
 
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Doesn't matter the way she was born, she's a female by federal law. End of story.
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According to the story, apparently not. Where exactly does it say in specific terms that a tranny is legally identifiable as their post-op choice? Because if it's so easy to declare your gender, I'm gonna start going into the women's restroom and say I used to be a chick. I'll piss all over the seats too, just because I can. That'll learn ya.
 

Yeah, it doesn't work like that. Have fun getting arrested, as far as I know, you need to have SRS, or be living in your chosen gender for over a year, with a therapist recommendation to qualify to have your legal documents changed. And if she was able to get married, then by law she is recognized as a female.
 
Any documentation to this effect? I've never heard of this "law".
 

Legally? Probably the mom since the marriage will be made void. Morally though, the wife should get it as they were married and the only reason for divorce could be the dishonesty about her past gender; but none of that went through before the husband's death.
 
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