IT’S OFFICIAL: SA’S FIRST GAY DIVORCE
Two Pretoria men have officially become the first same-sex couple to divorce in South Africa, reports Pretoria News.
According to the newspaper, Kenneth Henning-Hattingh (28) and Jaco Johan Henning-Hattingh (29) – who were married for two months and two weeks – were granted a divorce by the Pretoria High Court on Friday last week.
The couple married a month after same-sex unions were legalised in South Africa – the first country to do so in Africa. Court papers indicate that there was no chance of reconciliation after the marriage broke down irrevocably. Kenneth was the partner to file for divorce.
The two men apparently agreed to an amicable divorce settlement. Kenneth Henning-Hattingh’s lawyer told the Pretoria News that his client “…does not want to make a fanfare of this and hang it out in the public domain. The long and short of the story is that the marriage did not work out.”
Earlier this month newspapers reported on what was set to be the first Civil Union divorce between Krugersdorp couple, Richard Thornton and Andrew Jacobs. A few days later however the men put the divorce on hold when they decided to attempt a reconciliation.
TWO months??? Gay craziness!. Ok, I know, straights do it too… but divorced after TWO months.. thats just over ten weeks!!! How the hell can one get married and divorced so fast? Whatever happened to the reason for getting married in the first place.. Sheesh – maybe I shouldn’t go there.
Well, yet another notch on the ‘gay laughing stock pole’ in my opinion!
response . Before everyone starts the “I told you so” response campaign lets for one second consider that these two people are “our own” and give a little support. Having to deal with a break-up of a relationship is never easy on either party. A natural consequence of being able to marry is also the ability to divorce ? much like pack your dragbag and off you go without the marriage certificate.
ridiculous. Oh please! ‘Our own’ indeed! How sad that ‘our own’ have to make a mockery of marriage (or commitment) by ending it after two months..
I acknowledge that any relationship can hit the rocks, but after two months of marriage???? I really have to ask a few pertinent questions here. Before getting married, am I right to assume that the parties involved have thought this through and that their relationship had reached a stage where both realised the benefits of such a commitment?
Well what happened to that commitment? And I am asked to “support” them simply because they are gay like me? Sorry bud, in my eyes, they have made a mockery of the process and its meaning.
have to support…… … puyi here! ANY (gay,straight whatever) person who gets divorced after just two months should NEVER be allowed to marry again!
s’true. Very true. Remember, the guy who burnt his dick on the braai was in terrible pain too.
c’mon. who cares…get a grip! its got nothing to do with anybody anyway, its something thats enetered into between two people and they are the ones that make the decisions. Thank god they never caused each other more pain by staying together.
What happened. HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! What a joke, right said another joke on the gay people. These dominees and pastors who think that is the best thing since the lotto came on to the market, well shouldn’t you people come to some or other agreement to help people who just met and want to get married.
It is easy to go on national TV and say I Andre Mulder have married so many peple but did he and the other , do you do councelling with these couple’s sorry to say I think the answer is no no no no no they just think of the next number it is number 80 instead help people to find the real thing do I really want get maried but like al things in the gay society let see who we can take for a ride instead of doing my job as a priest.
Yes gay people are to blame but that is way we proudly say to very body we need our own church, very thing for our self but somehow we always lose something.
All priest, pastors, and DOMINEE think what you are doing, wake up the same for people who get married wake up it is fun but do it for the right reasons.
Please people!!!!!!!!!