If you thought bigotry and homophobia finally came to an end when you die, think again. CBS affiliate KBOI News 2 reports that seventy-four-year-old Madelynn Taylor won't be allowed to be buried with her wife thanks to an anti-gay state law in Idaho.
Taylor, who is a veteran, married her wife in Oregon in 1995. Though heterosexual veterans are allowed to be buried with a husband or wife, Idaho law says that homosexual relationships aren't recognized by the state.
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CBS also notes that gay and lesbian couples are allowed to be buried at national veterans' cemeteries together, but the one in Boise happens to be a state cemetery. "It's not taking up any more space to have both of us in there," Taylor said. "And I don't see where the ashes of a couple of old lesbians is going to hurt anybody."
[via Gawker and CBS KBOI News 2]
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