Julie and Hillary Goodridge are Splitting
            The lead couple in the “Goodridge” gay marriage case, Julie and Hillary Goodridge are splitting, two years after they were married at one of the first gay marriage ceremonies in the state. Unlike when they married on May 17, 2004, the Goodridges are requesting that “their privacy be respected.” The Globe reports today that on the day of the wedding, they went to Boston’s City Hall for their license “mobbed by news media and guarded by police.” They were married later that day by a Unitarian minister. They are now in hiding and have a spokesperson, a longtime lesbian advocate, Mary Breslauer.  The timing of the split is causing many to wonder if their “love” at the time of the lawsuit was a sham. Their attorneys at that time spent many hours finding the perfect couple to be the lead spokesperson for the lawsuit.
            The couple has a daughter, Annie, 10.