How does McCain get a marriage license before he gets his divorce?

[dkf]

Isn't that bigamy?

"McCain obtained an Arizona marriage license on March 6, 1980, while still legally married to his first wife."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-divorce11-2008jul11,0,5924926,full.story

[ingac70]

1. He was still in the Air Force, too.

He left the service in '81.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. uhh, McCain was in the Navy.

Naval Academy class of 1958.

[Fleshdancer]

2. we started digging around in another thread...

The rules for obtaining a marriage license in AZ is odd in the sense that it doesn't require proof of divorce. There's also no waiting period and the license is good for one year. We haven't been able to find anything on what happens if you obtain a license with one person if your divorce to another isn't finalized.

I would think the application had a checkbox for marital status. If that's the case, then doesn't this mean he lied in order to get the license??

[dkf]

3. Sounds like we should be asking for a copy of his marriage license.

[Fleshdancer]

13. The application doesn't ask for marital status

After some digging, I found a blank marriage application form: http://www.chandleraz.gov/Content/marriage-license-application.pdf

[blogslut]

5. I have a question

I don't watch teevee anymore.

Have any of the news networks brought this story up today?

[grantcart]

6. not yet but it was front page LAT and above the fold

[blogslut]

7. I know

But I was wondering if the flapping jaws on the teevee were talking about it. Seems to me they have no trouble wasting time when one of the major newspapers prints some OMG! story on Obama.

[grantcart]

21. No but it sounds like they are eating up the Gramm cheese burger tonight

[QueenOfCalifornia]

8. Very good

K&R

Yes - I believe this should be on the tv all day and all night.

Along with mentioning McCain and the Keating 5.

He wants to drill on the coast of CA for oil -- what a fucktard. The oil off of CA is of such a low grade it can only be used to make asphalt.

Take a multi billion tourist industry and flush it down the toilet to pave the streets.

[Stephanie]

10. Can we PLEASE talk about his gambling problem too??

It's rather shocking that he's gambling away thousands of his wife's money at the craps table.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

12. I thought

you were going to say gambling his wives money away by running for president :rofl:

[grantcart]

23. We could get a real expert like Bill Bennet to give an opinion on it

but I wouldn't bet on it.

And we could get Rush to comment on the wifes addiction problem.

[eleny]

9. K&R

[scheming daemons]

11. A marriage license is not a marriage.... as long as he divorced before the wedding date.

[vaberella]

14. That's what I thought. But that was back in the day, probably no one cared.

[Fleshdancer]

15. back in the day? It was in 1980 n/t

[jgraz]

16. Big o' YOU? That was big o' HIM!

[dkf]

17. haha. I had to think about that one.

[starroute]

18. Arizona seems pretty relaxed about these things

Well -- with one exception.

http://marriage.about.com/cs/marriagelicenses/p/arizona.htm

Residency Requirement:
You do not have to be a resident of Arizona.

Previous Marriages:
Copies of divorce decree are not required in Arizona.

Waiting Period:
There is no waiting period in Arizona to get married.

Other Tests:
No Tests.

Cousin Marriages:
Yes, first cousins may marry if both are sixty-five years of age or older. If one or both first cousins are under sixty-five years of age, they can marry if they show proof to a superior court judge that one of them is unable to reproduce.

Same Sex Marriages:
No.

[dkf]

20. Even Nevada needs a final divorce prior to getting a license.

Previous Marriages:
Your divorce must be final. You need to know the date (month, year) of your divorce, and the location (city and state) where you were divorced.

http://marriage.about.com/cs/marriagelicenses/p/nevada.htm

[mrreowwr_kittty]

22. That cousin rule is weird. nt

[Fleshdancer]

24. Yes to old and/or sterile cousins, NO to homosexuals.

:crazy:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

26. Teh Gheys will destroy the sactity of marriage!!1!

Sterile cousins, not so much. :shrug:

[Fleshdancer]

27. It's all about the "keep it in the family" values I suppose. n/t

[dkf]

25. Yeah it is odd.

Like you are in a relationship with your first cousin for your entire adult life and then they allow you to marry at 65? Funky.

[trackfan]

28. Here's a site devoted to such matters:

http://cousincouples.com/

[rufus dog]

35. I am guessing it is something that got put in by a

along time ago or by some whack job as a rider.

[Fleshdancer]

19. looks like he lucked out!

Many states have a waiting period ranging anywhere from 3-90 days after your divorce is finalized before being able to legally obtain a marriage license. Looks like he picked the right state.

[NattPang]

29. Oh my!

[babylonsister]

30. By lying? McCain was still married to his wife when he got married to his mistress

http://www.americablog.com/2008/07/mccain-was-still-married-to-his-wife.html

McCain was still married to his wife when he got married to his mistress
John Aravosis (DC) · 7/11/2008


Why does the Los Angeles Times hate America?. They're mean. John McCain was tortured in Vietnam. So stop talking about his credibility. You can only ask Barack Obama questions about his credibility, and his patriotism, about whether his preacher loves America and whether Obama has a personal problem with the American flag. But don't ask John McCain anything because John McCain is a hero. Even though now we find out that our hero was still living with his wife when he started dating his mistress. It gets even better: McCain was still legally married to his first wife when he got a marriage license for his second wife. I guess adultery and bigamy aren't such a big deal anymore with "family values" leaders like Ohio's Phil Burress who are now supporting McCain. And in any case, they were youthful indiscretions - McCain was only in his 40s at the time. In political reinvention terms, that's practically puberty.

An examination of court documents tells a different story. McCain did not sue his wife for divorce until Feb. 19, 1980, and he wrote in his court petition that he and his wife had "cohabited" until Jan. 7 of that year -- or for the first nine months of his relationship with Hensley.

Although McCain suggested in his autobiography that months passed between his divorce and remarriage, the divorce was granted April 2, 1980, and he wed Hensley in a private ceremony five weeks later. McCain obtained an Arizona marriage license on March 6, 1980, while still legally married to his first wife.

In all seriousness, putting the snark aside. Imagine if Barack Obama had two marriages at the same time. Imagine had Barack Obama lied about living with his first wife while having a mistress on the side. Imagine that all this happened while Obama had promised to speak out vocally about how gay people are a threat to marriage. We'd never hear the end of it from the Republicans and the media.

[onenote]

31. no, its not bigamy

Having a marriage license is not being married. Duh.

And Arizona doesn't require proof of divorce or require disclosure of marital status on the marriage license application. And the license is good for a year.

There's plenty of stuff to nail McCain with. Accusing him of "bigamy" isn't one of them.

[ecstatic]

33. wow. thanks for your concern. but I think I'll spread this bit of info

to everyone I know :) You've got to use everything in your arsenal to defeat the enemy as you never know which piece will deliver the final blow. :rofl:

[dkf]

34. Is this true?

"KansasModerate, I hate to tell you but the only record that a state has of a marriage is the license. You don't turn it back in once you have the ceremony. Therefore, Mr.McCain was registered a married to two women in two different states. Now, Arizona doesn't require, as most states do, that you show a decree or give the dates of the decree. However, I'm pretty sure that the state expects you to be eligible to marry when you get your license. The whole thing says a lot about John McCain and it's not a pretty picture."

http://www.americablog.com/2008/07/mccain-was-still-married-to-his-wife.html#disqus_thread

[NattPang]

32. The timeline needs to be examined.

Bigamy is against the law.

[onenote]

37. he was divorced in march and remarried in april

but if you want to claim that's bigamy and look like an idiot, be my guest. Personally, I think raising sustainable allegations against McCain makes more sense than tossing out bullshit that can be knocked down easily. To each his own, I guess.

[Hekate]

36. I dunno. My idiot brother in law and his now-ex wife filed for divorce in three counties...

...before they were through.

John McCain doesn't come off as so much crazy as he does calculating and selfish.

John McCain married a model, and when she wasn't all pretty anymore (she lost 4 inches in height due to a car accident and the subsequent surgeries) he went chasing after another model who was not only 17 years younger but an heiress to a fortune.

What a bastard.

Hekate