Just watch the flood of trips over to Niagra Falls and back again. It is being hailed as a lankmark case. We shall see. But in the meantime the state of New York will recognize gay marriage.
In a landmark case, an American court has ruled that gay couples who tie the knot in Canada can be treated as legally married in the state of New York.
Justice Joan Lefkowitz of the New York Supreme Court ruled last week that same-sex marriages performed outside the country are valid, even though gay New Yorkers cannot be legally married in their home state.
This is the first time Canadian same-sex marriage laws have triumphed in U.S. court, according to Alphonso David, a lawyer for the gay rights group Lambda Legal, which intervened in the case.
“Couples can go to sleep at night without worrying about the security of their status,” says David.
“I feel vindicated,” his client, Robert Voorheis, told reporters after the March 12 ruling. “When I say, `I’m married,’ I’m married.”
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