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June 2, 2004: 20-5 very same-sexual intercourse partners, backed by the metropolis of Ithaca, submitted suit to have the domestic relations law incorporate identical-sexual intercourse marriage. If the legislation was established not to implement to exact-sexual intercourse couples, the go well with challenged the prohibition on a constitutional foundation. June 3, 2008: Governor Paterson's directive was challenged as equally premature and unconstitutional in a lawsuit submitted by the Alliance Defense Fund on behalf of quite a few state legislators and conservative leaders in New York. If the statutory argument failed, the accommodate challenged the constitutionality of the domestic relations regulation. The go well with was dismissed as frivolous. April 7, 2004: Thirteen very same-sex partners, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, submitted match to have the state's relationship legal guidelines declared unconstitutional. June 16, 2004: Two same-intercourse partners filed accommodate to acquire marriage licenses that would make formal their relationship ceremonies from a few months earlier. January 7, 2009: After achieving an settlement with three Democratic dissidents, Malcolm Smith was voted Senate Majority Leader. |
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