Comments on: Maine court upholds IBM heir’s adoption of lover

By: Leeanne Menses Henry

Leeanne Menses Henry — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:43:20 +0000

I guess only women do things like this according to one comment maker, meanwhile, two people here said they’d like to be adopted, but I guess only women go after money. What a disgusting stereotype. Thanks for carrying it on!
Meanwhile, what a brilliant plan to make sure your family doesn’t screw over your loved one. If they broke up though, there are most likely things promised that we as outsiders can’t even dream about. Radclyffe Hall would’ve done this if she could to take care of the women that were in her life, lover or not, perhaps that what this woman did.

By: Roger Ramjet

Roger Ramjet — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:18:09 +0000

If she was legally adopted, then she is family, regardless if her ‘relationship’ broke up in ’92. That’s the way it works. she’s entitled to a piece of the fortune. Now only if she’d give me some…

By: JarinAmin

JarinAmin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:53:22 +0000

Patricia Spado should get nothing! They ended their relationship in “92″. She sounds like a money grubbing woman to me. I hope the probate judge tosses her out on the street with nothing.

By: OhPlease

OhPlease — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:01:51 +0000

If they broke up in 92 what makes her think she is entitled to an inheritance? Obviously she was left out of the will. I hope the probate judge does the right thing.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:17:04 +0000

There was no such thing as Maine marriage equality in 2008. That didn’t happen until 2009 and it can’t be in force unless the Maine voters later this year decide to let Maine marriage stand.

Enough signatures were collected to send this to Maine voters this fall. At least Massachusetts has something in place where a constitutional ban had to pass its legislature in 2 different legislative sessions and then head to the voters. Marriage equality is today secure in Massachusetts and in Connecticut where voters said no to a once every 20 year chance to rewrite the CT constitution.

People who don’t live in Maine are now standing on street corners in Maine with one man one woman marriage signs.

I plan to visit Maine in August (even though a non-resident of Maine) and help out with the phone banks there to help Maine residents to keep Maine marriage equality alive on the critical Vote the Maine Marriage Rights Away Day as I call it.

Hopefully the majority of Maine voters will vote no as a message to the referendum on Maine marriage crowd that the game is over, Maine marriage equality is here to stay and time for the non-Maine resident hurtmongers to pack their bags, go home and leave Maine in peace.

This adoption is likely necessary in part because Maine marriage equality didn’t arrive in Maine until this year and it was not entirely predictable that it would pass this year in the legislature but it did. However, again, it is unfortunately currently not available to same sex couples until after the Maine voters have had their say. Hopefully many of the Maine voters will get fed up with all of these out of staters pushing inequality on Maine citizens and will vote no to the fear and hurt mongering and stand up for the rights of all Maine citizens to finally be married to those whom they wish to marry and to quit being “legal strangers to each other” in the eyes of Maine law.

By: RedAle

RedAle — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:49:57 +0000

I’m guessing she was adopted because they couldn’t get married?

Maybe Anderson Cooper will adopt me?

By: Qb1

Qb1 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:44:24 +0000

wish someone would adopt me!

By: llred5

llred5 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:43:24 +0000

In order to adopt – wouldn’t Spado have had to be a minor/under 18 in 1991 for it to happen? Lover/child – yes I think something is wrong with the whole thing.

By: Drewski

Drewski — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:47:35 +0000

Why does this seem so skeevy? As a Cleveland punk band (think it was the Pink Holes) once said, “My mother/my lover/she’s the one for me!”