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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlabama Governor's Wife Files for Divorce; Pair Lives Apart
Source: Associated Press
Alabama Governor's Wife Files for Divorce; Pair Lives Apart
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Aug 28, 2015, 2:24 PM ET
Alabama first lady Dianne Bentley has filed for divorce from Gov. Robert Bentley, saying their 50-year marriage has suffered an "irretrievable breakdown."
The complaint, filed Friday, says that attempts at reconciliation are futile and that the couple has been living apart since January.
A lawyer for Dianne Bentley wrote that her client says "there is such a complete incompatibility of temperament that the parties can no longer live together." The complaint says the couple's personalities conflict.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. Aug 28, 2015, 2:24 PM ET
Alabama first lady Dianne Bentley has filed for divorce from Gov. Robert Bentley, saying their 50-year marriage has suffered an "irretrievable breakdown."
The complaint, filed Friday, says that attempts at reconciliation are futile and that the couple has been living apart since January.
A lawyer for Dianne Bentley wrote that her client says "there is such a complete incompatibility of temperament that the parties can no longer live together." The complaint says the couple's personalities conflict.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gov-bentleys-wife-seeks-divorce-marriage-broken-33387564
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Alabama Governor's Wife Files for Divorce; Pair Lives Apart (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2015
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snooper2
(30,151 posts)1. Ashley Madison :P
Lyric
(12,675 posts)2. Pretty sure the Bible says that divorce is only for adulterers.
So the good Christian governor of Alabama, who righteously defends the Biblical sacrament of marriage, cannot possibly be getting a divorce for mere "incompatible temperaments". This must be a mistake!
<------ needed?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)6. Maybe the County clerk will refuse to file the divorce papers, then.
Wonder if the gays ruined their marriage........
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. Gotta love those repuke family values.
olddots
(10,237 posts)4. they'll still be cousins though won't they ?
Come on someone had to do the joke .
Brother Buzz
(36,437 posts)5. Bad, bad, bad
I like it, in a demented way.