NY: High Court Upholds Recognition of Out Of State Gay Marriages

The state’s highest court rejected a challenge by opponents of same-sex marriage to policies that recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, though the decision gives gay advocates a small victory because it applies to a relatively limited number of people. In their majority ruling, four of the seven members of the court said they were making their decision on narrow grounds involving the specifics of each case, and not settling the broader question of whether same-sex marriages performed in other states should be recognized. Judge Eugene F. Pigott, Jr., writing for the majority, expressed “hope that the Legislature will address this controversy.” But Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, writing for the three-member minority, said “that the orders under review should be affirmed on the ground that same-sex marriages, valid where performed, are entitled to full legal recognition in New York under our state’s longstanding marriage recognition rule.” Full Story from the NY Times: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/court-upholds-recognition-of-gay-marriages/

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