AP: New York court says state can annul same-sex marriages from other states (also a poll on issue)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/21/2010-03-21_ny_court_would_annul_gay_unions.html

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Originally Published:Saturday, March 20th 2010, 10:25 PM
Updated: Saturday, March 20th 2010, 10:44 PM


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Dozens of supporters of gay marriage turned out at Bethesda Fountain on Valentine's Day.


ALBANY - Gays and lesbians can't get married in New York, but they can get an annulment.

A midlevel state appeals court has ruled that even though New York doesn't have a civil union law, its courts do have the power to annul a same-sex union made in another state.

The case involved two Schenectady County women who entered into a civil union in Vermont in 2003, but separated three years later. One went to Vermont to get the union annulled, but was told she needed to live there a year before she could apply. The woman then asked a Schenectady court for an annulment, but the judge denied it.

The civil rights group Lambda Legal said the Appellate Division's decision Thursday to overturn that ruling will allow broken-up couples to move on with their lives.

Poll with story:

Same-sex unions

Do you think same-sex civil unions should be allowed in New York?
Yes.
No.
I don't know.

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1. But but but gay marriage annulments will diminish the value of REAL annulments! nt

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