Marriage is not an activity that goes on within the border of a state. It is a status, a marital status, and therefore, somebody who becomes married and moves to Ohio will be seen in the eyes of many as being married.
A. New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, on his administration’s decision to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages of state and local government employees.- B. Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, arguing for a federal constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
- C. Ohio Representative Deborah Pryce, one of the co-sponsors of a federal hate-crimes bill that includes sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories, explaining why she also wants to rescind her state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
I’ll leave an answer in the comments tomorrow.
(Quote from The Advocate, May 22, 2007. No peeking!)
While I understand the process of allowing the state benefits for gov’t employees and their partners, now those of us who are gay & lesbian in NYS and not employed by the gov’t are essentially 3rd class.
It needs to be all or nothing and the govenor needs to get on with it as promised. This intermediary step does little.
I agree with your comments about NY, DivaJean.
The quote, however, was in fact from Mitt Romney.
I am commenting on the first link Dana.