State appeals court upholds New York's marriage law

[brooklynite]

February 16, 2006

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A midlevel state appeals court on Thursday upheld the state's marriage law as constitutional, handing a defeat to same-sex couples seeking to be married in New York.

The five-judge panel ruled in three separate cases brought on behalf of gay couples denied marriage licenses. The similar cases are among a handful that could eventually end up before the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, which is widely expected to make the ultimate judicial decision on the legality of gay marriage in New York.

The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court ruling keeps the status quo on same-sex marriage. Thursday's decision follows a 4-1 December ruling by the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division in New York City to reverse a lower court decision that would have permitted same-sex couples to wed in New York City.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--gaymarriage0216feb16,0,7109176.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

[Lance_Boyle]

1. surely I can't be the only one

who read that as "a medieval state appeals court..."

[Double T]

2. I believe you are correct, it must be a typo in the article...........

I read it the same way you did....if the shoe fits

[Occulus]

3. Nope- you're NOT the only one...

I read it the same way initially....

[xxqqqzme]

4. It's that liberal brain working 2 tell

the truth.