Blood Relatives Play Second Fiddle to 'Domestic Partners' Under New NY Law
By Jody Brown and Bill Fancher
February 14, 2006

(AgapePress) - Family advocates are saying a new law in the State of New York has damaged the role of the traditional family. At the same time, one pro-homosexual lobby considers it a victory for their specific definition of families.

Earlier this month, New York Governor George Pataki signed into law a measure that gives authority over burial rights to same-sex partners of the deceased -- above the wishes of family and blood relatives. The executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda believes the Republican governor did the right thing.

"For too long in New York, same-sex partners who live together and care for each other have been legal strangers when one of them dies," says Alan Van Capelle. "This is the first time in [state] law [that] same-sex relationships have been given priority over a blood relative. This is victory for our families." The rest