Today seems to have some good news to it: the Fla. Supreme CT. decision is big.
KO's show was up lifting.
Now this! :fistbump:
Maybe the tide is changing faster than we know and the protests and boycotts are working.
Not saying to let up...just saying good news is welcome. :7
http://www.365gay.com/news/nys-insurers-ordered-to-recognize-same-sex-marriages/NYS insurers ordered to recognize same-sex marriages
By 365gay Newscenter Staff
(New York City) The New York State overseerer of insurance companies has told companies they must treat legally married same-sex couples the same as they treat opposite-sex married pairs.
Although state law does not permit gay marriage within New York State, a Rochester court ruled that valid out-of-state marriages of lesbian and gay couples must be recognized. The state’s highest court upheld the ruling.
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Nevertheless, some private insurers have declined to recognize same-sex marriages.
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“We expect insurance companies to provide the same rights and benefits to all legally married couples, regardless of the sex of the spouses … As Governor David Paterson has explained, this is consistent with the position the State historically has taken with respect to marriages conducted in jurisdictions outside of the State of New York.”
Large numbers of New York gay and lesbian couples have gone to Canada, Massachusetts and Connecticut where same-sex marriage is legal to tie the knot. LGBT rights groups are hopeful the incoming legislature will pass marriage equality legislation in the Empire State. Gov. Paterson has said he would sign the bill if it is passed.
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A bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in New York passed the Democrat-controlled Assembly last year but Republicans who then controlled the Senate refused to consider the legislation.
November’s election saw 40 years of GOP rule in the Senate come to an end. The marriage equality legislation likely will be reintroduced in 2009.
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