New York law banning even purely religious same-sex marriage ceremonies?

I took a closer look at the New York statutes, and heres what I found: Domestic Relations Law sec. 12 provides that No particular form or ceremony is required when a marriage is solemnized as herein provided by a clergyman or magistrate, but the parties must solemnly declare in the

Re: New York law banning even purely religious same-sex marriage ceremonies?

Does this law lead to the conclusion that the state should get out of the business to telling members of the clergy who they can marry. Let the state create legal unions, as in France, and let the clergy marry whoever the clergy want to marry? Paul Finkelman Volokh, Eugene wrote: I took