Posted by Dale Carpenter:
SSM bill dead in NY for 2009:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_11_30-2008_12_06.shtml#1228493049
The warring factions of New York Democrats have finally struck a deal
to allow them to gain control of the state senate. [1]According to the
Daily News, one casualty of the deal is same-sex marriage, which has
already passed the state assembly, but which will not get a senate
floor vote next year after all:
A bill to legalize same-sex marriage will not be brought to the
floor of the Senate for a vote this year. [Senate Minority Leader
Malcolm] Smith will announce that he does not believe the measure
has sufficient votes to pass - a statement that is at this point
undoubtedly true, although it's unclear how long that will last if,
as Democrats are hoping, the prospect of being in the minority
leads to mass GOP retirements.
This means that, at least for another year, and possibly for the
entire session or even until such time as more Republicans are
defeated in the state senate, New York will continue to permit its
same-sex couples to cross the border into Massachusetts, Connecticut,
or Canada to get full official marital recognition at home -- but will
not allow them to get married in their own state.
References
1.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/12/details-of-a-leadership-deal.html
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