Gay marriages ruled valid in N.Y.

[RocCityDad]

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/graphics/small_clock.gif February 2, 2008 4:34 am — When Patricia Martinez and her newlywed spouse, Lisa Ann Golden, returned from Canada after their wedding in 2004, Martinez felt as if there was "a cloud over the marriage." The gay partners had wed in Canada but were returning to their home state, New York, which did not legally allow gay marriages.

On Friday, Martinez said, the cloud lifted. In a ruling hailed as historic by gay rights activists, an appellate court ruled Friday that New York must recognize same-sex marriages legally consecrated elsewhere.



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[Raven]

Good for New York. Love is Love.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/graphics/small_clock.gif February 2, 2008 4:34 am — When Patricia Martinez and her newlywed spouse, Lisa Ann Golden, returned from Canada after their wedding in 2004, Martinez felt as if there was "a cloud over the marriage." The gay partners had wed in Canada but were returning to their home state, New York, which did not legally allow gay marriages.

On Friday, Martinez said, the cloud lifted. In a ruling hailed as historic by gay rights activists, an appellate court ruled Friday that New York must recognize same-sex marriages legally consecrated elsewhere.



More... (http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080202/NEWS01/802020326)