http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38789236/ns/us_news has the official and extended version... for now here it is! Yay Elisa and Megan.
MSNBC article...'Name changing for gay couples not a straight line'
This Aug. 28, 2009 photo released by Krista Handfield shows Megan, left, and Elisa Hebert at Country Gardens in Rehoboth, Mass. Elisa Hebert, 32, wasn?t attached to her surname before she traveled with partner Megan from their home outside Denver, Colo., to Rehoboth, a plus since most of their friends and family are from New England. Back home, Elisa appeared in court to complete her legal name change before a judge managing a roomful of ticked-off parents and their kids hauled in for truancy. "I felt like a 12-year-old who was in trouble" she said. (AP Photo/Krista Handfield)
Here is the written part of the article....
In October 2008, racing against California's gay marriage ban, Chloe and Frankie Frankeny wed legally in San Francisco with one chore already done: Chloe had taken her wife's name two years before.
"It was the only way we had to fit into a mainstream role that was understandable to anybody," said Chloe, managing editor of a fashion website. "When I told my father I was taking Frankie's name he was sort of blown away because I definitely consider myself a feminist."
With a battle over the state's ban on gay marriage possibly headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, it's likely more same-sex couples will do the same. For the Frankenys, the name switch couldn't magically grant all the marriage benefits denied same-sex couples when compared to one man, one wife, but it was one more way to express their union. It's a symbol rendered even stronger now that legal gay marriages are on hold in California, and for partners who've never had the option.
Logistically, a name-change for gay couples isn't always as simple as trotting out a marriage certificate, the proof most required in heterosexual marriage. Emotionally, the journey is about love, commitment — and a way to ease anxiety over being misunderstood as non-relatives in emergencies or considered less-than as parents.
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