A Washington, DC Dallas Skype Gay Marriage Tale

Thanks to the power of VoIP, a gay couple have over ruled Texas’ ban on gay marriage by marrying over Skype. The gay couple, Mark Reed and Dante Walkup used skype to link to Washington DC, where a registrar conducted the ceremony.

I guess the clip says it all :-) so, no further comment. Congratulations to Mark and Dante and may they always be as happy together :-) Read more of this post

Married on Myspace, Divorcing on Facebook


Once, you split, make sure to unfriend her or him on Facebook too. According to a report from the Associated Press, social media – particularly, Facebook is becoming a prime source for divorce case evidence.  In fact, many of them seem downright shocked and delighted that our web-based oversharing has yielded such a wealth of personal information about our dating lives, party habits, attitudes and financial status.

According to American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, around 81% of its members have had to deal with — or have themselves used — evidence from social media sources, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

This is just one more reason why people need to be careful about the information they are putting out on the Web. Many people do not realize just how “public” their information is.  If you are so dumb as to post stuff (or appear in other peoples stuff) that would be in any way useful to a divorce attorney you deserve what you get… I guess the message is evolving to: the internet does not suffer fools gladly. Read more of this post

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