Same-Sex Marriage Legal Troubles in Massachusetts
We’ve covered the legislative twists and turns of same-sex marriage fairly closely here at ATL. But there was one notable court case we missed back in March.
We thought Dr. Li-Ann Thio’s description of anal sex as “shoving a straw up your nose to drink” was graphic, but this article by the Register on attempted same-sex female marital rape is even more explicit:
A Massachusetts woman has appeared in court on a domestic assault and battery rap after allegedly attempting to impregnate her wife with a plastic syringe containing her brother’s sperm.Stephanie K Lighten, 26, of Pittsfield, was reportedly “all liquored up” when she made unwelcome advances towards her other half, 33-year-old Jennifer Lighten. Jennifer explained to officers that Stephanie “had been talking about trying to impregnate her for some time”, and that she’d accordingly armed herself with a “turkey baster and her brother’s semen in a sealed container”.
According to Lez Get Real, there were no rape charges per Jennifer’s request, just a domestic assault and battery charge.
Apparently these lovebirds were able to put the turkey baster incident behind them. We checked in with the Central Berkshire District Court and found out the case was dismissed in April.
US woman attacks missus with sperm-filled syringe [Register]
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your mom has put the turkey baster behind her
Baster? Damn near... Well, you get the idea.
The brother has some explaining to do.
Lobster, turkey. What is this, the Food
Network blog? I'm waiting for a post from Elie with donut reviews.
This is what happens when governments start to sanction same-sex marriages, unions or partnerships. Society as we know it is on the verge of moral collapse. What's next? Lesbian butch tries to insert gel caps containing male sperm into partner's vagina? Stories like this make me glad that John Wayne and Ike Eisenhower are not around to see this.
Save the turkey baster and use it for tartar sauce in case you run out.
Diversity is not a license for perversity.
Sincerely,
Dr. Li-Ann Thio
What a terribly misleading headline. Shame on you ATL/Kash for implying that same sex marriages were facing legal challenges in MA.
Someone needs to tell Stephanie and Jennifer to Lighten up!
From now on, I want you to call me "Loretta."
I want to have babies.
Article is from March 2009.
Old news is so exciting.
old news and misleading title.
old news and misleading title.
Wouldn't this be assualt and bastery?
And just how did she obtain her brother's swimmers? And why her brother?
14, maybe she likes her brother and recognizes her brother has the most similar genetic code to her own. Are you kidding me?
This title is VERY misleading.
Didn't I see this on Days of Our Lives or one of those soaps once?
Didn't this happen months ago? Wtf?
So no commentary about certain lobsters allowed on ATL, but Kash can write trashy articles about this sort of thing? How does that make sense?
Came here to say old news and that this has nothing to do wiht same sex marriage. Thanks 11 and 12 for taking care of it.
Kash, you should be ashamed of the misleading headline and for not doing your research -- this is an error we've come to expect from Elie, not from you.
The picture is VERY misleading as well because it shows turkey juices not semen.
This is likely to be a question on Thursday's Mass bar exam.
BITCH SPREAD THE TURKEY BREASTS SO I CAN SMELL THE JUICY INSIDES.
Thank God for folks like Partner Emeritus here to save us from the homos and help us remember that marital rape never occurs in heterosexual relationships.
Oh no! The gays! The gays!
God is going punish these perverts for being perverted. What more needs to be said.
Question for the science-inclined: would a baster even work for that? It seems you would need a more sophisticated delivery system.
This has nothing to do with marriage. This is about domestic violence in a same sex relationship. Reading comprehension anyone?
PE & 25,
You realize you're violating the rules of professional responsibility, don't you?
I can't tell if it's more insulting that his somehow is listed under gay marriage woes (when there seems to be little indication that this has anything to do with marriage at all) or if the people leaving comments are people who were actually intelligent enough to earn law degrees and presumably are billing hours to clients while bothering to leave homophobic rants here on ATL. No wonder firms are laying off people. Clearly they still have some work to do in that regard.
So, theoretically, she would have been the kid's aunt, yet acting as the kid's mother?
Wtf?
What's the problem. I have it on good authority that they used the baster many time for anal activities, so what's the problem in using the front door.
26 - Not only is the delivery system questionable, but the storage/transport of the swimmers to maintain their viability.
15 - So in other words, she wants to have her brother's kid. Are you kidding me??
Is this a story about gay marriage or is it really about two people who are certifiable?
Well, Elie? Oh, wait, I need a competent individual to answer that one...
Guys in my highschool used to use turkey basters all the time.... it was not big deal.
Guys in my highschool used to use turkey basters all the time.... it was no big deal.
Listen, this isn't really a Massachusetts story. Everyone knows the western boundary of the state lies somewhere around Worcester. Pittsfield is in what we like to call "Baja Vermont."
A Bostonian
Congratulations, Kash! You've (temporarily) saved Elie's job. You are now the worst editor on ATL.
34 = Kash?
38:
No.
Sincerely,
Lat
partners at quinn get all liquored up and attempt to impregnate their wives with a plastic syringe containing their brother's sperm all the time. it is no big deal.
quinn stud
39 - if you were really Lat, you would have either fixed this terrible headline, or would have killed yourself in shame for hiring Kash.
34 - I agree with your sentiment but not at who it's directed at. Kash wrote this nonsense.
and 39, if you ARE Lat - for the love of God, fix the Ropes Gray story! Current summers aren't getting a $60k stipend to start in 2011, but Kash says they are!