29 May 2008
Losing the Battle
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Constitution in Peril; Judaeo-Christian Values Under Attack .
New York to Back Same-Sex Unions From Elsewhere
By JEREMY W. PETERS
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California and Canada.
In a directive issued on May 14, the governor’s legal counsel, David Nocenti, instructed the agencies that gay couples married elsewhere “should be afforded the same recognition as any other legally performed union.”
The revisions are most likely to involve as many as 1,300 statutes and regulations in New York governing everything from joint filing of income tax returns to transferring fishing licenses between spouses.
In a videotaped message given to gay community leaders at a dinner on May 17, Mr. Paterson described the move as “a strong step toward marriage equality.” And people on both sides of the issue said it moved the state closer to fully legalizing same-sex unions in this state.
“Very shortly, there will be hundreds and hundreds and hundreds, and probably thousands and thousands and thousands of gay people who have their marriages recognized by the state,” said Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, a Democrat who represents the Upper West Side and has pushed for legalization of gay unions.
3 Comments so far...
Cameron Says:
29 May 2008 at 8:14 am.
Joy, I agree with you. We all have to have to the courage to speak out against this no matter how politically incorrect it is. Looks like somebody has greased the slippery slope.
Mac Says:
29 May 2008 at 9:13 am.
As we keep saying, as goes California, so goes the rest of the country.
T. Fan Says:
29 May 2008 at 12:14 pm.
I love reading on a public forum like this that marriage is ordained by God and is between a man and a woman. Hear Hear!!!
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