Archive for July 7th, 2006
“There’s a huge difference between Vegas and Washington. See, in Las Vegas, people gamble with their own money.”
Jay Leno
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This is a quick post, I’ve been working some long hours and haven’t had much posting time. On the issue of gay marriage, my post title and Chief Justice Judith Kaye’s comments sum up my views.
The majority was retreating from a “proud tradition of affording equal rights to all New Yorkers,” Kaye wrote. “It is uniquely the function of the Judicial Branch to safeguard individual liberties guaranteed by the New York State Constitution, and to order redress for their violation. The court’s duty to protect constitutional rights is an imperative of the separation of powers, not its enemy,” Kaye’s dissent says.
“I am confident that future generations will look back on today’s decision as an unfortunate misstep,” Kaye’s decision says.
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