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.
Married people get more benefits that single people? Why is that? Do they pay in more?
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.It's a state action but with national effects that are huge... as you point out.
It's a huge state. It's a huge change. It's a huge deal.
It will be seen, in years to come, as a huge part of the breakdown of our Republic.