Wednesday, June 24, 2009

State Bar 'Refines' Position on Same-Sex Couples, Says Marriage Is the Only Possible Path to Equality

New York Law Journal
June 23, 2009
Legalizing marriage equality is the only way to achieve full equality for gay and lesbian couples, the New York State Bar Association's policy-making body has concluded, abandoning a menu of legislative options it offered only four years ago. The bar group's House of Delegates, meeting in Cooperstown on Saturday, overwhelmingly endorsed an amendment to the Domestic Relations Law "to allow same-sex couples to marry and to recognize their marriages if contracted elsewhere." The LGBT Committee's report is posted at nylj.com. Read the State Bar's proposed resolution, and Report and Recommendation on Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples. [Link]

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