The New York Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that mandated the state to recognize all same-sex “marriages” performed outside its borders.
The new measure became law after the court declined to hear arguments concerning the appeal of the decision by a State Supreme Court in February that recognized full marriage benefits of two state community college employees who legally “married” in Canada.
The February ruling, which threw out the State Supreme Court’s 2006 decision that state law "currently defines marriage as limited to the union of one man and one woman," argued that same-sex “marriages” performed legally in other states or countries be allowed barring legislation that would specifically prohibit it.
Alan Van Capelle, executive director of Empire State Pride Agenda, said the recent ruling was progressive and a step toward the goal of giving same-sex couples full marriage benefits.
"Despite today's good news, the state of marriage for same-sex couples in New York is still unsettled," he said, according to LifeSiteNews.com
"Until a law is passed by the New York State Legislature, there will always be the possibility that another court decision could undo [this ruling] and strip away from otherwise legally married same-sex couples all of the 1,324 state-based rights and responsibilities that come with a marriage license in New York,” he added.
Currently, although Massachusetts is the only state to recognize same-sex “marriage,” several other states, including New York, recognize same-sex unions or “marriages” performed in other states or countries.
Since 2004, when the Massachusetts State Supreme Court made its ruling to recognize gay “marriage,” 26 states have passed a constitutional ban on the practice, while over a dozen others have passed laws limiting or outlawing it.
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Im confused .. what did Jesus say that is scary? I simply quoted Christ.. and it sounds like you think I made it up... YOu asked me a question about would Jesus say the things I have said.. and I said..okay..here are Jesus' own words...so when you say "that's scary" what exactly are you referring to?
I am not going to debate you about the nature of Christ.... He spoke out against sin and lectured about the consequences of sin.... He said that he is coming back to JUDGE as the LION of Judah....
Im worried about peoples immortal souls not their carnal desires. There is nothing in life any human is entitled to except death. that is the only thing we are promised... and life if w choose it.... All sin is a matter of the heart.... not the flesh... what you see manifest in the flesh is from a spotted heart.... so Christians like you while well intended mistake treating the outer man with helping to bring truth to the inner man...
jar: That is scary. You clearly don't know Jesus like I know him.
To Dongard, I pity you...
To Ifeelfine, then you need to research a bit more because there is a list of laws just from the original 13 colonies that have come from the 10 commandments alone,
like many of the most moving and notable characters, real and fictional that have been written about throughout history, i too, would rather live free in my hell, than be a slave in your heaven.
Ummm..yes. as a matter of fact he took it even further... he said there were 2 types of people.. the children of God and the children of the father of lies... he said that unless we are willing to leave everything behind and follow him we are not worthy of him. He said that unless we "hate" father and mother and love him more we are not worthy of him....he spoke about hell more often than any other subject and warned us that there is a price for rejecting the gift of grace and the life it produces.
Slacker: The majority of our laws did not come from the Bible.
Jar: Do you think Jesus would say the things you have said on this post about gay people?
God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam. When Adam awoke, he saw a woman, his wife, his helpmate. If a man awakes and sees a man as his helpmate, then sadly, that man has not awakened in God. He still sleeps in his sins and trespasses.
Be not deceived, fornicators shall not inherit the kingdom of God (1Co 6:9, 10). Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober (1Th 5:6).
To Blue...
Then I can say "murder" is YOUR opinion, even tho it comes from the bible as well.. What you don't realize is this isn't the rest of the world this is the United States of America and the majority of our laws did come from the holy scriptures and the Ten commandments, remember "thou shalt not kill", whats next we say it is ok to marry a horse....
"What's really sad is you think you can silence those who speak out against sinful and immoral behavior. The only people who pursue censorship are fascists, atheists and God-hating members of the human race...."
sinful and immoral in YOUR opinion. Do you not understand that 1. not all Americans, nor the whole world, are Christians and 2. the law does not, and should not, reflect any religion. Therefore, the court made the right decision. Legally and politically. On account of ethics, well that's something I guess everyone has their own opinion about.
“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let EVERY man have his own wife, and let EVERY woman have her own husband” (1Co 7:1, 2).
The word of God clearly instructs man that there are only two ways to avoid fornication:
1. Touch not a woman
or
2. Have a wife (woman).
Such guidance is for EVERY man. Scripture does not instruct some men to have a wife and some men to have a husband or life-long male partner to avoid fornication.
Be not deceived, fornicators shall not inherit the kingdom of God (1Co 6:9, 10).
What's really sad is you think you can silence those who speak out against sinful and immoral behavior. The only people who pursue censorship are fascists, atheists and God-hating members of the human race.... Dongard... one last note of irony. He is the God of all and exists despite your rejection of Him.... he is your God and on that Day of Judgement every knee will bend.. some while entering the gates of heaven, others while entering the gates of hell...
We both made our choice.... May God have mercy on your immortal soul.
jar you are clearly the angriest poster on this site. You are a hypocrite. You claim people are not Christians because they do not agree with you, you sir, are the one that needs help. I will pray for you.
Jar said: "Let me explain a number of reasons gay marriage is dettrimental:
It imposes a greater cost in health care
It poses a greatrer general public health risk in the spread of STD's and colo-rectal damage
It contributes to the moral decay of traditional value based societies
It threatens the survival of the species.. taken to its normal ends, if 99% of the world were gay the human race would at some point continue to cease to exist
If the world were 100% gay all life in one generation would cease to exist"
Congratulations Jar, you win most ignorant poster of the week award.
Jar, you are asking me to shut up, which is something I will not do, just like Jesus did not when people didn't agree with him. The points you made about gay marriage have no basis in fact and are based merely in your hate for gays. We do not raise the cost of health care or colo-rectal diseases: Black women are the highest carriers of HIV and straight couples practice anal sex as well, you just won't admit that. You think we decay society, but you cannot support that opinion. I would say things like divorce and child neglect decay society, and there are many more straights responsible for that. I am not at all angry, once again, you are telling me something about myself, yet you do not know me at all. I am actually very happy and filled with love, but I refuse to let someone as arrogant and ignorant as yourself slander my name and that of the entire gay community. You act pious, but come off as pompous.
Baltimore.. please stop repsonded to my posts.. YOu're an angry young gay male who would rather be right than contrite.. and honestly.. your only purpose in being on a Christian posting site is not to respond to the articles but to promote your homosexual lifestyle and shove it down the throats of other Christians on this site. I have read the comments on all the blogs you have posted on here and every single Christian has addressed you uniformly.. and you still wish to be an antagonist here. If you have a comment to make about the articles here so be it, but every single blog you are on eventually becomes centered on you..
Let me explain a number of reasons gay marriage is dettrimental:
It imposes a greater cost in health care
It poses a greatrer general public health risk in the spread of STD's and colo-rectal damage
It contributes to the moral decay of traditional value based societies
It threatens the survival of the species.. taken to its normal ends, if 99% of the world were gay the human race would at some point continue to cease to exist
If the world were 100% gay all life in one generation would cease to exist
Or perhaps, Jar, they decided that gay marriage is in no way detrimental, and therefore is allowable. Heroin use is detrimental, hence why it isn't legal.
Using the logic of this current decision then were a country that legalized heroine use and possession, that person should be able to come into the U.S. with any amount of the drug for use.
DannyPoo - The US (and hences the states in the US) has always recognized marriages from other countries. Lots of folks get married in the Caribean (two of my best friends included) and the Michigan recognized their marriage.
The NY Court of Appeals did not base their refusal to hear an appeal on any NYS law; rather, it was merely their interpretation of what the NYS laws should be. They were creating NY State law, not interpreting any specific laws on the books. As a matter of fact, they are actually contradicting their own prior ruling, recognizing marriage as between a man and a woman. If anything, the NY Ct. of Appeals is engaging illogical legal reasoning.
Stephen Hayford, spokesman for the Coalition to Save Marriage in New
York, said the court's decision poses huge problems.
"Canada has decided to pass a same-sex 'marriage' law; New York state
has not," he said. "It's not appropriate for Canada or anyone else
to export same-sex 'marriage' into New York and force New York
employers to recognize something that our state Legislature and our
elected officials have not chosen to legalize."
Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said
the court, which ruled in favor of traditional marriage two years ago,
is contradicting itself.
"Inexplicably, the high court is letting stand a ruling that says that
New York essentially has no public policy regarding same-sex
'marriages' performed elsewhere," he said. "It's ridiculous legal
reasoning to insist that a state could recognize a type of 'marriage'
from outside that it will not permit within the state. Yet that's
exactly what the Court of Appeals has now done."
DannyPoo:
That's a pretty insightful observation. Although I don't agree, I always appreciate when someone can look at a situation from a different angle like that.
*converting from Islam to another religion
What an odd thing for a court to recognize another countries laws within our own borders....Ya know, Iran has laws against converting from Islam to America. So according to this Judge, if an Iranian comes to America and converts to another Religion, we should uphold the laws of Iran and punish that individual.
dgnymn
what a arrogant comment. you don't even know if the judges believe in a god, much less yours. they made a ruling based on case law as required by statue and the constitution. base your criticism on legal grounds, not mythology.
...or they have made a sound decision based on the law. Go NY!
New York Court of Appeals has LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!!! They should be on their knees asking God's forgiveness for their collective sins!!!!