A great day for America:A New York State court ruled Friday that same-sex couples must be allowed to marry.
State Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan said that the New York State Constitution guarantees basic freedoms to lesbian and gay people, and that those rights are violated when same-sex couples are not allowed to marry.
The ruling said the state Constitution requires same-sex couples to have equal access to marriage, and that the couples represented by Lambda Legal must be given marriage licenses.
Add New York to the list of states worth living in. This is great news.
(Via
Atrios)
UPDATE: We still have to hope the New York Court of Appeals upholds the decision. So let's hope.
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