Judge Rules Against NY Mayor Who Performed
Same-Sex 'Marriages'
Court Says New Paltz Public Official Unlawfully Exceeded His Authority
By Allie Martin and Jenni Parker
October 31, 2005

(AgapePress) - New York's highest appeals court has ruled that the mayor of one village does not have the legal right to perform homosexual "marriages." The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court sided with Liberty Counsel, a group that took legal action against a pro-homosexual official after he proceeded to solemnize same-sex weddings in defiance of the law.

In February 2004, Jason West, the mayor of New Paltz village near Rochester, announced he would solemnize same-sex marriages, even though state law defines marriage as being only between a man and a woman. However, a judge has now issued an injunction against West or any other village officials performing same-sex weddings.
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