NY Appeals Court Rules State Should Recognize Gay Canadian Marriages

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http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/02/020108ny.htm

An appeals court has ruled that a gay couple's marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York.
The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court on Friday reversed a judge's ruling in 2006 that Monroe Community College did not have to extend health benefits to an employee's lesbian partner.

Patricia Martinez, a word processing supervisor, sued the school in 2005, arguing that it granted benefits to heterosexual married couples but denied them to Martinez and her partner, Lisa Ann Golden.

The couple formalized their relationship in a civil union ceemony in Vermont in 2001 and were married in Canada in 2004.

[KennedyGuy]

1. I love NY....

[Meeker Morgan]

2. Every little bit helps. n/t