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Source: Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin , Albany Times Union , Reuters NY marriage rulings New York -- A state trial court judge today tossed out a suit challenging New York Gov. David Paterson's directive in May to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries. Justice...

Source: New York Sun , Associated Press via Newsday , New York Post NY marriage rulings A New York trial judge seems poised to uphold Governor David Paterson's pro-gay marriage policies against an attack from a Christian legal group, New York Sun reports. The Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund has...

Source: Buffalo News , Canada.com , WNED AM NY marriage rulings Joy Higgins, left, and her partner, Jeanne Kornowicz, with their daughter. Photo via Buffalo News BUFFALO, NY -- An American lesbian couple married in Canada has won a landmark case against a New York insurance company over spousal health...

Source: San Jose Mercury News , Associated Press via IHT , Concord Monitor , Newsday CA marriage case The final hurdle to marriage ceremonies this month for gay and lesbian couples was cleared away today when the California Supreme Court rejected a bid to delay last month's ruling recognizing full...

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Source: New York Times On the way home from work in Rochester, Patricia Martinez stopped at a liquor store and bought a small bottle of Champagne to celebrate her marriage to another woman. The wedding took place in Canada nearly four years ago, but it wasn’t until Feb. 1 that a New York appellate court...

Source: Canada.com and Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Adamant that Canadian views on same-sex marriage shouldn't be allowed to define American law, a New York county is appealing a recent landmark state court ruling that forces the border state to fully recognize gay couples wed in Canada. In a...

Source: ABC News In what appears to be the first ruling of its kind, a New York judge will allow a lesbian couple who married in Canada to sue for divorce. Though New York does not allow same-sex marriages, a state trial court judge refused to dismiss a divorce and child custody suit brought by a woman...

Source: Gay Financial Network , WHEC-TV , and New York Times Rochester, NY -- A New York appellate court ruled Friday that valid out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples must be legally recognized in New York, just as the law recognizes those of heterosexual couples solemnized elsewhere. Lawyers for...