NYC Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage - Oh Happy Day!
NYC Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage - Oh Happy Day!
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#0NYC Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage - Oh Happy Day!
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:06pm
This just in...
A NY State Supreme Court Judge has ruled that same sex couples must be allowed to legally marry.
Oh Happy Day!!! 
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Updated On: 2/4/05 at 12:06 PM
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#1re: NYC Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:10pmIs this located in the web yet?
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#2re: NYC Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:13pmHaven't seen it in print as yet. It was just reported by ABC News as a breaking story. More details to follow soon.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
#3re: NYC Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:13pmawesome!
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#4re: NYC Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:16pmWow... strange no one is reporting it online yet.
Happy, smile! Sad, frown! Use the corresponding face with the corresponding emotion! - Kate (Meg Ryan), French Kiss
#5re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:17pm
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#6re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:18pm
No no no no NOOOO!
I don't fit into my dress yet!
"They have never understood, and no reason that they should.
But if anybody could . . . " --SS
#7re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:20pmlipo, bta, all the cool kids are doing it.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#8re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:24pmblow is just a figure of speech.....
"They have never understood, and no reason that they should.
But if anybody could . . . " --SS
#9re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:27pm
THIS IS HUGE!
I've often thought that the conservative drive to push for Constitutional discrimination in the case of homosexual rights was going to lead to a lot of pro-gay decisions by the courts.
Thank god for checks and balances and a group of judges who understand what our current administration doesn't: that Americans are Americans and are guaranteed equal protection under the law.
Now, bring on the Furries!
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#10re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:32pmCountdown until someone starts screaming about 'activist judges' - 5...4...3... Updated On: 2/4/05 at 12:32 PM
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:33pm
Holy Mutherf*cking sh*t.
Guess I gotta hit up the 'rents now for the shindig!
WooHoo!!!!
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#12re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:37pm
First thing I've seen in print about it.
News conference scheduled for 1:30PM EST.
Same-Sex Couples Must Be Allowed To Marry in New York, Court Says; Lambda Legal To Hold Press Conference on Today’s Historic Ruling with Victorious Clients and Attorneys
'This is a historic ruling that delivers the state Constitution’s promise of equality to all New Yorkers.'
Press conference set for 1:30 p.m. in Manhattan
(New York, February 4, 2005) — A New York State court ruled today that same-sex couples must be allowed to marry, in a decision that Lambda Legal called “a historic ruling that delivers the state Constitution’s promise of equality to all New Yorkers.” Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit last year, representing five same-sex couples seeking marriage licenses in New York.
In a ruling issued this morning in New York City, State Supreme Court Judge Doris Ling-Cohan said that the New York State Constitution guarantees basic freedoms to lesbian and gay people – and that those rights are violated when same-sex couples are not allowed to marry. The ruling said the state Constitution requires same-sex couples to have equal access to marriage, and that the couples represented by Lambda Legal must be given marriage licenses.
“This is a historic ruling that delivers the state Constitution’s promise of equality to all New Yorkers,” said Susan Sommer, Supervising Attorney at Lambda Legal and the lead attorney on the case. “The court recognized that unless gay people can marry, they are not being treated equally under the law. Same-sex couples need the protections and security marriage provides, and this ruling says they’re entitled to get them the same way straight couples do.”
Further details on the ruling – and interviews with the couples in the case – will be available at a press conference today at Lambda Legal’s national headquarters in Lower Manhattan.
http://www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/documents/record?record=1634
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#14re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:56pm
I've always dreamed of being a June bride. 
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#15re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 1:02pmWe were just talking abou that at work; the appellate division needs to uphold this ruling for it to take affect. Unless no one appeals (yeah, right).
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#16re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 1:03pmFor those in New York, NY1 is reporting it now.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
#17re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 1:05pm
That's so wonderful!
#18re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 1:53pmNow if only I had a serious bf to get married... but YAY for the ruling!
"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#19re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:03pm2 pm and still nothing at nytimes.com. Hmmm....maybe they're all out proposing to their BFs and GFs.
"They have never understood, and no reason that they should.
But if anybody could . . . " --SS
#20re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:04pmMarriage sux! Divorce sux! Gays should get married. Then, they will find out what divorce is. Gay divorce should be legal.
#21re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:06pm*runs to the Virginia Theater, diamond ring in hand*
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#22re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:07pm
as always what a pleasant bit of subtext from Jim Colyer!
This is great news. However, it will indeed fuel the bigot fires. We may have to get our marching shoes on. Does Dolce & Gabbana have any in?
Updated On: 2/4/05 at 02:07 PM
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#23re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:12pm
"Marriage sux! Divorce sux! Gays should get married. Then, they will find out what divorce is. Gay divorce should be legal."
Jim Coyler
Why Jim!
Thank you! I want the same right to make the same mistakes as my straight friends.
But, at least I will have the CHOICE to make those mistakes.
Besides, I think my 12 year relationship with my partner can withstand a simple legal ceremony.
Updated On: 2/4/05 at 02:12 PM
#24re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:17pmaw windcity thats awesome! I love hearing about long last relationships!
"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#25re: nyc supreme court decision on gay marriage
Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:21pm
Yes, we have three dogs, a house (which we have almost finished remodelling), a garden, a pick-up truck and a Subuaru.
...and the neighbors love us.
I'm Donna "Frinkin'" Reed, here!
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