It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

[ebonlock]

Hell, better than fine, I'm doing a damn happy dance:
Go New York!

(New York City) A New York State court ruled Friday that same-sex couples must be allowed to marry.

State Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan said that the New York State Constitution guarantees basic freedoms to lesbian and gay people, and that those rights are violated when same-sex couples are not allowed to marry.

The ruling said the state Constitution requires same-sex couples to have equal access to marriage, and that the couples represented by Lambda Legal must be given marriage licenses.

"This is a historic ruling that delivers the state Constitution's promise of equality to all New Yorkers," said Susan Sommer, Supervising Attorney at Lambda Legal and the lead attorney on the case.

"The court recognized that unless gay people can marry, they are not being treated equally under the law. Same-sex couples need the protections and security marriage provides, and this ruling says they're entitled to get them the same way straight couples do."

There have been many times in the past few years when I could say I was proud to be a New Yorker, this is definitely one of them. *beams*

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whee! This news was the first I found in my inbox from another friend when I logged in. A reason to smile and cheer! :)

and now I should crawl back to bed and wheeze a while...