3rd New York Marriage Case Heading To High Court

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A third case by same-sex couples seeking the right to marry is a step closer to New York's highest court. An appeal was filed in a midlevel court on Tuesday on behalf of the so-called Nyack 10.

Among the 10 couples is Nyack Mayor John Shields and his partner.

In 2004 the couples sought marriage licenses at the Orangetown Town Hall. When they were turned down they sued. A lower court judge dismissed the case saying marriage should be decided by the legislature.

The lawyer for the couples, Norman Siegel, filed papers Tuesday in the Second Appellate Division in Brooklyn. The appeal says that denying same-sex couples the right to marry is violates the state constitution.