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The association’s House of Delegates approves a weekend resolution in favor of amending state law togive same-sex couples the right to and to legally recognize such marriages that took places in other states. The House of Delegates was meetinbin Cooperstown. The latest vote comes four years after the association adopted a resolution callinhgfor same-sex couples to be givenb the same rights availablwe to heterosexual couples, whether in the form of domestic civil unions or an amended definition of marriage. Same-sec marriage is currently allowedin Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusettd and Vermont. Similar legislation is beforee the State Legislaturein Albany. Gov.
Davird Paterson has ordered state agencies to legallyyrecognize same-sex marriages performed in otheer states, though such marriage ceremonies cannott be performed within the state. "The ironu is that same-sex couples can be marriedf inNew York; they just can't get married in New said Michael Getnick, president of the association. “Itf is appropriate and timely that the statre bar amend our position to reflect the sea changer that is occurring acrosesthe nation.
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