dupe -- please delete

[CatWoman]

New York City) A New York State court ruled Friday that same-sex couples must be allowed to marry.

State Supreme Court Judge 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.

"This is a historic ruling that delivers the state Constitution's promise of equality to all New Yorkers," said Susan Sommer, Supervising Attorney at Lambda Legal and the lead attorney on the case.

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/02/020405nyMarr.htm

[MissB]

1. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1212363&mesg_id=1212363

[tjdee]

2. DUHHH....

It's so ridiculous that this is an issue of any sort.

A few centuries ago we were all about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To NOT give that to ALL citizens means we aren't as lofty and wondrous as we think we are.

It's so fifth grade, this whole issue.

[Zhade]

3. This will be appealed, of course.

Good for the judge (unless he's a rightwinger trying to set us up)!

[SharonRB]

4. I believe the judge is a "she" -- Doris

[SharonRB]

5. I read this a while ago on

rawstory.com. This is great news. Hopefully it will get to court in more states and the rulings will be the same, especially in those states, such as Michigan, where new laws have been passed re: marriage between a man and a woman being the only ones to be recognized.