6 Comments on “1st Same Sex Marriages in NY”

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   Barry said at 11:37 am on July 25th, 2011:

   Does that mean the couples are married when they are in New York but unmarried when they are in New Jersey?

   Under the Federal Defense of Marriage Act Statute that is exactly what it means.

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   Chris said at 12:49 pm on July 25th, 2011:

   Depends… Is marriage a federal matter? A state matter? Should it be a government matter at all?

3. 
   Barry said at 2:32 pm on July 25th, 2011:

   DOMA was enacted to allow states that do not recognize gay marraige to continue to do so. Otherwise the Constitution states states must recognize and enforce contracts from other states.

   Without DOMA any one legally married in a state would have to be recognized as married in any of the other states.

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   Monmouth Girl said at 4:41 pm on July 25th, 2011:

   By the looks of that picture it must have been one wild honeymoon!

5. 
   Proud Republican said at 7:30 pm on July 25th, 2011:

   What a joke….

6. 
   hemp said at 2:16 am on July 28th, 2011:

   In 2000 the Reform movement officially instituted commitment ceremonies but many rabbis had been performing same-gender rituals for years.. As long as mankind has existed people have been getting together to create rituals to recognize their commitment to each other and often denominational bodies have to catch up said Joel Kushner director of the Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation at the Reform movements Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion HUC-JIR in Los Angeles..The institutes Web site a resource and information clearinghouse contains examples of some of the liturgy that has grown around same-gender couples. Biblical readings evoke the loyalty of Ruth and Naomi the unconditional love of Jonathan and David Miriams ability to inspire others to sing freely..The different versions of the ceremonies reflect that often the brides or grooms have been living as a couple for years even decades.. Theyre not just newlyweds. So how do you acknowledge that they have had a committed relationship and have come now to have a sacred context for their relationship? asked Eger one of the authors of the liturgy..Rabbi Lisa Edwards leader of Beth Chayim Chadashim a gay lesbian bisexual and transgender GLBT synagogue on Pico Boulevard points to an additional consideration.