We reported on the story some time ago, but it now has a happy ending.
LGBTQ Nation reports:
A U.S. Navy veteran can be buried with the ashes of her late spouse in a southwest Idaho military cemetery after the state legalized gay marriage. “It’s done,” 74-year-old Madelynn Lee Taylor said Wednesday after successfully completing paperwork to be buried at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise. Taylor was previously denied permission to have her ashes interred with Jean Mixner because of Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage. The cemetery is owned and operated by the state. Same-sex marriage became legal in the state on Oct. 15 when the ban was lifted by courts that determined it was unconstitutional. Taylor had filed a lawsuit in federal court in July seeking to be buried with Mixner, who died in 2012. The case is now expected to be dismissed.
While it doesn’t bring back her wife, we hope this decision does bring some peace to Madelynn Taylor.
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