NY church supports equality in marriage
The New York State Supreme Court recently ruled that same-sex marriages performed legally in other jurisdictions are now legal in New York.
Two women from Chili, Pat Martinez and Lisa Golden, were legally wed in Canada. When one tried to add the other to her insurance plan and was told “No,” they sued.
Martinez knows change comes slowly at times.
"We're going to advance towards the road of full equality,” she said.
Advancing down that road is something the co-ministers of the First Unitarian Church of Rochester started doing when they stopped signing marriage licenses.
Co-Minister Kaaren Anderson said, "In this state, I can only sign a license saying this is true and authentic for a heterosexual couple and I can't do that for a same-sex couple, which makes you feel really sick to your stomach."
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