Couples Sue for Right to Same-Sex Marriages
Thirteen same-sex couples sued New York state for the right to obtain marriage licenses.
Denying marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples “deprives us of due process and equal protection” under the New York Constitution, said state Assemblyman Daniel J. O’Donnell, a Manhattan Democrat who is the brother of comedian Rosie O’Donnell.
New York has a domestic-partner law that grants some rights to same-sex couples, but they lack “more than 700” rights married couples enjoy, according to the complaint filed at the state Supreme Court in Albany by the American Civil Liberties Union and its New York chapter.
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