Rkitko
05-29-2006, 02:54 PM
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail.asp?id=31504
New York City mayor announces strong support for marriage equality
In his weekly radio address Sunday, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced he supports marriage equality and urged New York's highest court to rule in favor of five gay couples seeking the right to marry. But regardless of the way the New York State Court of Appeals rules in the case, to be heard this week, Bloomberg said he expects same-sex weddings to be performed in the city soon, reports local television station NY1.
And! I have a good feeling about a couple court rulings that are going to be happening pretty soon... Washington state's supreme court is overdue for a ruling on its gay marriage case. They heard arguments on the cases over a year ago and their ruling has been "expected any day now" for months! Every Thursday (their rulings are usually passed down on Thursdays) I get my hopes up, check the news, and then there's nothing. I thought they might have been waiting for the state to pass its nondiscrimination law (30 years in the making!) that was finally passed a couple months ago, but alas no ruling. What could they be waiting for?
And in other states:
"Besides Washington, New Jersey's Supreme Court heard arguments in a same-sex marriage case in February 2006 and New York's highest court will take up a similar case in May 2006. Rulings in those states are not expected for months. Lower courts in California, Maryland and New York already have followed Massachusetts and found a right to same-sex marriage in their state constitutions. Lower courts in New Jersey ruled that same-sex couples did not have a constitutional right to marriage."
New York City mayor announces strong support for marriage equality
In his weekly radio address Sunday, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced he supports marriage equality and urged New York's highest court to rule in favor of five gay couples seeking the right to marry. But regardless of the way the New York State Court of Appeals rules in the case, to be heard this week, Bloomberg said he expects same-sex weddings to be performed in the city soon, reports local television station NY1.
And! I have a good feeling about a couple court rulings that are going to be happening pretty soon... Washington state's supreme court is overdue for a ruling on its gay marriage case. They heard arguments on the cases over a year ago and their ruling has been "expected any day now" for months! Every Thursday (their rulings are usually passed down on Thursdays) I get my hopes up, check the news, and then there's nothing. I thought they might have been waiting for the state to pass its nondiscrimination law (30 years in the making!) that was finally passed a couple months ago, but alas no ruling. What could they be waiting for?
And in other states:
"Besides Washington, New Jersey's Supreme Court heard arguments in a same-sex marriage case in February 2006 and New York's highest court will take up a similar case in May 2006. Rulings in those states are not expected for months. Lower courts in California, Maryland and New York already have followed Massachusetts and found a right to same-sex marriage in their state constitutions. Lower courts in New Jersey ruled that same-sex couples did not have a constitutional right to marriage."