Posted on 07/01/2002 12:36:22 PM PDT by Liz
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:07:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Mayor Bloomberg has given his endorsement to a City Council bill that would have New York recognize gay marriages from other states - a move that Speaker Gifford Miller calls "simply the right thing to do."
With all due respect, Miller and the mayor are wrong on this one.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
This bill serves as an incentive to boycott NY City, to not patronize stores, hotels, restaurants, convention centers, plays, movies, etc. And let them know the reason why.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/appoint.html
Of course. It's another nail in the cultural coffin.
No state (including Vermont) has "gay marriage". That is to say legally called and legally equvalent to marriage. If even one state does, then other states will have no choice but to recognize such "marriages". Just as various states have slightly different restrictions regarding lower age limits and cousin marriages, but recognize marriages from other less restrictive states.
It can't be quarantined to "gay-friendly" areas. At the very least, it could tie up the courts for years.
My lips are sealed........ssshhhhh....
I didn't know that New York City was a state.
It can't be quarantined to "gay-friendly" areas. At the very least, it could tie up the courts for years.
The Defense of Marriage Act allows states to not recognize "gay marriages" recorded in other states. This law was written specifically to prevent the Supreme Court of Hawaii from creating a right for "gay marriages" that other states would be required to recognize.
Similar issues surrounded polygamy and the admission of Utah as a state. The existing states did not want Utah admitted so long as Utah allowed polygamous marriage, because they did not want to have to recognize plural marriages. As a result, Utah banned new polygamous marriages in order to gain admission.
There can't be a test case as to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act until some state passes a "gay marriage" bill. Something to do with the constitution not authorizing congress to regulate marriage. This is going to be a long fight.
As for polygamy, so many people these days are de facto polygamists that it just might sail on through on the coattails of the "gay" business. In fact it's more common than homosexuality.
Nobody's had the heart to tell them.............
To fax him: 212-788-2460.
To email the Mayor: http://nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html
To snail-mail Hizzoner: Mayor Michael Bloomberg City Hall NY, NY 10007
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