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New York Court Rejects Challenge to Marriage Equality Law |
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 The top court in New York declined to hear a challenge to the state's marriage equality law Tuesday in a move that appeared to end any immediate legal threats to the measure passed last year.
Gannett Albany reports the state's Court of Appeals tossed out the challenge brought by New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, a conservative religious group that lobbied against the law's passage. Its lawsuit challenged the law on procedural grounds, with claims that the Republican-controlled state Senate had violated the state's open meetings law by meeting behind closed doors to discuss the legislation with advocates such as New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Last November a state Supreme Court judge in Livingston County ruled the lawsuit could proceed, but the Appellate Division unanimously rejected the challenge earlier this year. New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms then appealed to the state's highest court.
Authored By Julie Bolcer - See the Full Story at The Advocate
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October 24, 2012
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