Not allowed to divorce

Jessica Port, pictured with dog Libby, was turned down for a divorce from her same-sex partner by a <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100615000000" title="Prince George's County" href="/topic/us/maryland/prince-georges-county-PLGEO100100615000000.topic">Prince George's County</a> judge who said Maryland doesn't recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. The couple were married in California. Port has appealed the decision, and the state supreme court will hear the case.
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( Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun / March 16, 2012 )

Jessica Port, pictured with dog Libby, was turned down for a divorce from her same-sex partner by a Prince George's County judge who said Maryland doesn't recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. The couple were married in California. Port has appealed the decision, and the state supreme court will hear the case.

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