isn’t this a “state issue” let NY decide (rightfully or wrongfully) what they want to happen in their state
If it affects entitlement to social security death benefits, then it is not merely a state issue. And if the other states are required to accept as legitimate the marriages performed in New York, then that has federal implications there as well.
Flame-throwing NY Republican candidate Gov. Carl Paladino erupted again, declaring (10/10/2010) that being gay is “not the example that we should be showing our children.”
“I don’t want [children] brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn’t,”
Unfortunately NYers elected the cHomo vermin instead.