A lesbian couple, legally married in Massachusetts, is seeking a divorce in Rhode Island -- an action some say may be part of an attempt to redefine marriage.
A Rhode Island family court refused the case and referred it to the state Supreme Court. The high court has yet to decide whether it will take the case.
Kris Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, said he thinks it's a ploy to get the legal system to recognize gay marriage -- through divorce.
"Isn't that bizarre? They'll seize at any opportunity," he told Family News in Focus. "In New Jersey and Maryland they are seeking to marry and suing through the courts. Here, they're seeking to divorce and suing through the courts."
Attorneys for the couple say they are not asking Rhode Island to recognize same-sex marriage – just same-sex divorce. But Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth, said that's not how it works.
"If you recognize same-sex divorce, you're recognizing same-sex marriage," he said. "It's amazing how political the activists are."
LaBarbera said it's more than a gay couple trying to make headlines, it's an attempt to change the law.
"The modus operandi of the homosexual activists is to use anything possible -- even divorce -- to win approval of their lifestyle," he said. "That's what the main agenda is. They are desperate for approval of their lifestyle, and even if it means recognizing gay divorce as opposed to gay marriage, they'll do that."
