Couple Jailed For Same-Sex Marriage Freed

Paraguay Groom Confused For A Woman Is Actually A Hermaphrodite

(AP)  A couple jailed on suspicion of having a same-sex wedding was freed Monday after a doctor determined that the groom is a hermaphrodite.

Prosecutor Jose Planas ordered the couple jailed after their civil wedding Friday, when the priest scheduled to perform the religious ceremony the following day said he received a call saying the groom, Jesus Alejandro Martinez, was actually a woman.

Same-sex marriages are illegal in Paraguay, and news of the arrest became the talk of the nation.

Planas had threatened Martinez with five years in prison for falsification of documents, and said he could charge the bride, Blanca Estigarribia, with complicity.

But the couple was released Monday. A doctor who inspected Martinez in jail ruled that he is a hermaphrodite, with atrophied female genitals and well-developed male genitals, according to the couple's lawyer, Jorge Cantero.

"Conclusion: He is a man," Cantero said.

He also said the document in the name of Jesus Alejandro Martinez is legitimate, meaning the forgery charges wouldn't have held up.

"So this case goes into the archives," he said. "It will remain as an anecdote for the media and a bad experience for my clients."

Martinez, who has some feminine traits, said he suspected an ex-girlfriend made the accusation to the priest.

"I always felt like a man, with no feminine inclination," he said.

Martinez said the couple would continue to live along the border near the Argentine city of Clorinda — "where everybody knows us and loves us."

[mck1957]

Why on earth should gay couples be jailed? Where is the crime? Supposedly, in America we still have the right to the pursuit of happiness in whatever form it takes as long as we don''t step on other people''s toes or intrude on their rights. If two consenting adults of the same *** love each other, who''s business is it, but theirs? I am heterosexual, but hey if they don''t splash in my mudpuddle, I''ll stay out of theirs. My resentment comes in the thought that taxpayer dollars actually are spent to jail innocent people.

[editorkim]

scorp, I''d call you a hypocrite, because here you are being closed-minded also to a group of people living amongst you, namely, religious people. You are pigeonholing all of them as fanatical, and yes, hands were meant to feel things, eyes to see things, ears to hear things, but a.s.s.es were NOT meant to receive things... next point?

You might also consider that not all religious people or even Christians are ignorant to the fact that the religion originated well before the Bible, and that the Bible leaves a lot of things out that were seen as too "mystical." Matter of fact, there are also plenty of us that know that Genesis is a creation myth, just like that of any other culture, not to be taken literally. So when you ask science to prove that the earth was created in seven days, keep that in mind. We''re not so ignorant as you are, as you are the first here to have engaged in name-calling and "stone-throwing". See: editorkim, you are ignorant!!

[vnveteran72]

its the ''''i hate you so much but i need your blessing to exist'''' kinda mentality..present on most athiest liberal homosexuals


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Posted by libsluv2spit at 12:56 AM : Jun 17, 2008
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More like the Toe-Tapping Wide Stancers of the Reich Wing Neocon Nazi "Family Values" Squad......

[vnveteran72]

With all the religion freaks and bible quoters hitting this site, I''''m forced to ask myself one question: where is gopsoccermom?


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Posted by missybelle at 03:38 PM : Jun 17, 2008
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Or singinretardd???.....LMMFAO

[editorkim]

scorp, when science proves that an *** was intended as an entry point and not an exit, I''ll agree with you...

Its "natural" purpose is not for homosexual ***,,, do you refute that?

[editorkim]

In response to OldThought - your sentiments are completely unfounded. My religion does not cause me to live in fear, it gives me peace. Also, a true Christian would not condemn you to Hell, as it is not up to us as people, but God, to judge. So those holier-than-thou "*** you for this or that" people are in fact abusing our religion, but you will find that the majority of Christians practice forgiveness and are not judgmental. YOU, on the other hand, are showing your own narrow-mindedness and shallowness by pigeonholing all religious people and blaming the world''s problems on religion. The truth it, it''s closed-minded, ignorant, and inflammatory people like yourself that are the root of most, if not all, evil, religious or not.

[janeyre-2009]

Well he really is a man. I am happy for them. It is truly a case of mistaken identity... He was born that way. I wonder about his internal organs. Is he male in that regard as well?

[Netterz]

Modern day religion is created BY man, to make people FEAR certain other people, who are supposed holy by forcing people to believe it is the ONLY religion. The Roman hierarchy political figures needed to devise a plan to not just control there own people, but ALL people, no matter where they went in the world. Before Roman Catholicism was created, there were many religions, that all had the same principles, they consisted of earth based religions, love and respect for mother earth, and love of all man. The supposed Christianity, as well as other so called ''religions'' of today, are nothing more than places to scare the majority of ALL mankind, to follow the rules and laws of a few select men and occasionally women, brainwashing the majority to give there money, minds, and supposed souls, to the select few. Its politics, no matter how you want to classify it. FEAR. You will go to hell, if you do not do as I say. You will go to hell, if you do not follow the scriptures. Written by MAN. Even now, every day, war is created based on the religions that different men/women follow all over the world. Christianity has been forced down the throats of people all over the world, as the ONLY way to go to heaven. Genocides all over the world, going on as we speak, based on religions, hiding behind the true veil...which is really politics. POLITICS IS RELIGION.

[editorkim]

All of you that are spewing hatred at Christians for being anti-homosexuality, did it ever occcur to you that it is blatantly UN-natural? Wouldn''t you agree that if you had two male horses, dogs, cows, etc. that started going at it that SOMETHING is WRONG?! It''s not just bible-based, it''s a nature-based belief. It''s strange, and there''s nothing natural about it.

[wogerwabbit]

Catholicism or Mormonism. Neither of those is Christian.

Posted by caliengineer at 12:21 PM

You turkey! If it weren''t for Catholics there would be no Christians at all! You are denying your parentage.

[missybelle-2009]

With all the religion freaks and bible quoters hitting this site, I''m forced to ask myself one question: where is gopsoccermom?

[iamhuman]

See also: Old Testament#Christian view of the Law

Christians believe that Leviticus is the word of God, but generally do not consider themselves to be bound by all the laws prescribed by the text, due to the implied antinomianism in some passages of the New Testament, notably the letters of Paul. Most Christians consider 1 Corinthians 10:23-26, in which Paul directs followers to "eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience", to exempt them from following the dietary laws set forth in Leviticus.

[sharncedar]

"You people are all religious nuts. Go back home and let people live their lives."

are you saying that the people of Peru are all nuts, because gay marriage is a crime there?

OK. They must be "nuts" to you.

How about the people of China, of India, of Iran, of Indonesia, of countless other countries where homosexuality is a crime? Are they all "nuts" too?

I guess the whole world is religious "nuts" and only Californians are sane. Yeah right.

[sharncedar]

"Christianity has nothing to offer a happy man living in a natural, intelligible universe."

Good point. I would concur. There are many true religions on earth, and the biggest distinction of Christianity is the notion of grace, often described as forgiveness. For example in Buddhism you can attempt to rise through your own efforts, through complete renouncement of desire and a life in poverty and meditation. Christianity is for those who cannot seem to succeed through their efforts. It is the religion of one particular face of God, that of mercy or compassion, and thus is useful to those who need mercy or compassion.

Obviously the rich the successful the proud feel they are not in need of mercy or compassion, in fact they are angered by the implication that there is anything wrong with the world they''ve made. Perhaps for the rich this is indeed a wonderful world, perhaps for the ignorant the American suburbs seems like a wonderful dream instead of a soulless prison, sort of little Gitmos with nice lawns. Maybe Gitmo is only fun if you are one of the guards, but I suspect even the guards will have their moments of doubt and pain. So guard on, friend. Don''t be surprised if I don''t find your little suburban world so wonderful.

[kuei12]

Did they get to be jailed in the same cell together?

[hypnotoad72]

You people are all religious nuts. Go back home and let people live their lives.

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Tell that to the irreligious fruits. Nobody cares what they do, they often say they say it''s nobody''s business, but then make it everybody''s business, which is WHY religious nuts respond in the first place!

Fruits and nuts; this sounds like a freakin'' trail mix...

[caliengineer]

jmcgilvray: You must be a very sad man to believe that trash!

Christianity does NOT bring "nirvana" - that concept is reserved for Satan''s relgious systems.

Christians are persecuted, murdered and abused by those living under Satan''s influence. What we DO have is PEACE. We know that nothing in this world can harm the spirit, which lives eternal.

However, I work hard to be the very best at my work. I enjoy competition, success and vacationing...

You are thinking of the religious control freaks. If you want that, you need Catholicism or Mormonism. Neither of those is Christian.

[usaisok]

You people are all religious nuts. Go back home and let people live their lives.

[lovemy3boys]

Jesus'' own disciples were sinners...Peter (the rock) denied him 3 times; Judas betrayed him, etc. That does not mean that all Church leaders NEVER sin. We are ALL sinners. Do you not think that any Protestant preachers ever sinned or molested? It happens all over. The thing is that we need to educate our children on proper and improper touching. That is being done now. Remember, back in the day, *** was a bad word and you weren''t allowed to talk about it so kids didn''t knew it was wrong but weren''t taught to stand up to adults who wronged them.

There is always going to be SIN in the world and we can''t change that, but we can change ourselves.

[shanev137]

Hermaphrodite...that''s a big word for all the Bible thumper out there in la-la land. Most probably don''t even know what one is, let alone any Bible verse that applies to who they should marry.