Eliot Spitzer New York AG Says Gays Will Win Marriage War

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New York AG Says Gays Will Win Marriage War As New Paltz Mayor Charged
http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/03/030204nyAG.htm

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says he decided not to fight gay marriages being performed in a small village north of Manhattan because it is a case the state can't win.

"We wouldn't have won," says Spitzer. The state, he says would have been unable to prove that there was any "irreparable harm" against any party - the standard needed to persuade a court to grant an injunction.

"I have no problem with gay marriage," Spitzer, a Democrat, says. "I think the law has moved to a point where people are comfortable that can be extended to people of the same sex."

Nevertheless he said many state legislators and even some in his own office disagree. As a result he has ordered a complete review of the state Constitution to determine whether civil marriages between same-sex couples are already legal.

Ultimately, he says, "the courts are going to have the final say."

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[Kal Belgarion]

1. I love Spitzer

I can't wait until that man is our next Governor. Just a couple of more years of Pataki, and then my favorite Democrat in our state government will run.

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2. This New Yorker agrees.

He's awesome! I can't wait until that election.