Idaho veteran might finally get permission to be buried with her wife after marriage ban ruling

[Fearless]

Last month, the state denied 74-year-old Madelynn Taylor’s request for permission to be interred with her deceased wife Jean Mixner in the Veterans Cemetery, despite Taylor’s six years of service in the Navy.

The couple had married in California before Mixner’s death in 2012, but due to Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban, the state said it could not recognize the marriage, or afford them the burial rights of married partners.

However, following Tuesday’s decision by Judge Candy Dale to strike down the constitutional ban, it is possible that she will soon be granted permission to be interred with Mixner.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/05/15/us-idaho-veteran-might-finally-get-permission-to-be-buried-with-wife-after-marriage-ban-ruling/

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Provided that the appeal is defeated, she will be able to be buried with her wife when the time comes.

[shenmue]

1. Hope so

Mercy.

[theHandpuppet]

2. This brings up a topic of genuine concern for many gay couples

My partner and I have discussed it on several occasions. As we are now into our AARP years (ha-ha) we have been working on all the things folks do consider when facing end of life decisions. One of our questions has been, can we be buried together, or at least share a marker in a cemetery? Will the paper refuse to print my obit if it refers to my wife? Can a funeral home refuse either of us a memorial service?

These are the kinds of dehumanizing issues gay folk have to deal with all the time, things that probably never even occur to heterosexuals. For many of us there are no guarantees, even in death.