New York small town starts same-sex weddings today
The mayor of New Paltz, New York, a small town 75 miles north of New York City, says he will begin performing same-sex marriages today. Calling it his "moral obligation," 26-year-old James West compared those who want to deny such marriages to those who "would have made Rosa Parks sit in the back of the bus." Some legal experts in New York have disagreed with the state's Health Department, which issued a statement saying that same-sex marriages would not comply with state law. The issue will most likely have to go to court to be resolved.
Newsday
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