Elissa Kane, left, and Lynne Lekakis, of Albany, N.Y., who were married in a Unitarian ceremony but were denied civil marriage licenses by the Albany City Clerk, wait outside the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, May 31, 2006, for the state's highest court to hear four cases on gay marriage. Lawyers for gay couples seeking the right to marry in New York plead their case before the state's top court, hoping to reverse a string of losses in lower courts. (AP Photo/ Jim McKnight)