[wagglebee]

The case was brought as a test by the far left advocacy group the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), who admitted that the purpose of the exercise was to extend the homosexual political efforts through the courts. James Esseks, Litigation Director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Project of the NYCLU, was specific that the case was part of a larger political effort to abolish the traditional definition of marriage in the state.

Of course, the left always uses the courts to do their bidding.

[wagglebee]

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[Old Sarge]

The beatings will continue...

[xcamel]

Next will be a moose-limb married to his goat in Iran... just you wait

[ikka]

So now if a Muslim man comes over, gets a job, then insists that his 4 wives as permitted by Islam (and validated as married in some 3rd world dump of a country) also be covered, that too is required?

[AmericanVictory]

How can we project the concept of “rule of law” as an element of our foreign policy with this in your face out of control sort of behavior in courts that refuse to let us know what they’re up to and see themselves as above the ordinary man as a sort of Platonic dictator?

[Chode]

filthy disease ridden queers win again...

[Paleo Conservative]

Excuse me but doesn’t this judgement violate the federal Defense of Marriage Act? Congress made it very clear that the federal government does not recognize “same sex marriage”. It also stated that no state would have to recognize under the full faith and credit clause of the US Constitution, “same sex marriages” recorded in other states. There is no treaty that the US has signed requiring the US to recognize “same sex marriages” recorded in other countries.

[PapaBear3625]

Will NY be required to recognize an overseas marriage between a 50 year old guy and an 11 year old girl? If not, why not?

And once you recognize overseas marriage, you must recognize polygamous unions

[MarcoPolo]

I don't think anyone should have to validate ANYONE'S marriages. Marriage should be a strictly religious and private matter with obvious exceptions being restrictions on those too young too make such decisions by themselves (to protect them from forced marriages and such which unfortunately some societies still promote).

To me this would kill the whole gay marriage issue if it weren't a government issue at all. Leave it between the people, God and their families and frankly it could be handled better.

[longtermmemmory]

notice how this is totally and utterly omitted from the MSM media coverage before the primary election.

McCain voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment and has IN WRITING he does not care about homsecual based marriage or protecting traditional marriage.

[rmlew]

I guess polygamy is now legal in NY.

[2harddrive]

If other countries grant their people conceald carry permits, does New York honor them too? What a gay-wad “judge”!

[Steve_Seattle]

I'll probably get flamed for this, but I think it's a correct decision. Two weeks ago, my daughter was married in Canada, even though she and her husband live here and are U.S. citizens. (They were married in Canada because they wanted to get married at the Whistler ski resort, much to my wallet's chagrin.)

At any rate, I think most Freepers would agree that U.S. law should treat my daughter as married, with the various rights and responsibilities that entails. And, even though I oppose gay marriage, if it legal elsewhere, I think it needs to be honored here, until - as the court said - the legislature explictly prohibits treating gay marriage the same as traditional marriage.