Sep 03 2008
The News From New York
The courts of New York say that Governor David Paterson was within his right as a governor to issue the order making it mandatory for government agencies to recognize same sex marriages preformed in other states or countries such as Canada. The State Supreme Court justice Lucy Billings upheld the ruling that Paterson was within his right to issue such an executive order.
This means that people living in New York who marry in Canada, Massachusetts or California as well as any other state that may allow same sex marriages, are a married couple in New York, their home state. A suit was filed in June opposing the order and the court has upheld the ruling that would ban same sex marital status for New York residents.
New York Governor David Paterson is working with his state to make it possible for same sex couples that marry to receive the same status of heterosexual married couples. His stand on equal rights for married same sex couples should be applauded and not opposed.
Judge Lucy Billings said with confidence, “When partners manifest the commitment to their relationship and family, by solemnizing that commitment elsewhere, through one of life’s most significant events, and come to New York, whether returning home or setting down roots, to carry on that commitment, nothing is more antithetical to family stability than requiring them to abandon that solemnized commitment.”
Congratulation New York and Judge Billings and David Paterson on moving forward into the twenty-first century.
