Score one for gay marriage
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emmagrant01Let's hear it for those "activist judges"! :-D
Same-Sex Couples Must Be Allowed To Marry In New York, Court Rules
Excerpt: In a 62-page decision issued this morning in New York City, State Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan said that the New York State Constitution guarantees basic freedoms to lesbian and gay people – and that those rights are violated when same-sex couples are not allowed to marry. The ruling said the state Constitution requires same-sex couples to have equal access to marriage, and that the couples represented by Lambda Legal must be given marriage licenses.
ETA: And on the stupidity front, yet another battle is brewing.
Conflicts over curriculum intensify: Liberals, conservatives go to court as materials or activities in schools fail to meet their expectations.
Excerpt: Meanwhile, in Georgia's Cobb County, a campaign by parents convinced the school board to require a warning sticker on biology textbooks stating that "evolution is a theory, not a fact" and imploring students to consider the books' contents "with an open mind." The ACLU sued, and a court ordered the stickers removed. Ken Miller, who co-authored the biology textbook used in Cobb County, called the sticker a failed attempt at compromise. The sticker, he said, "is factually incorrect, it is scientifically misleading and it is very poor educational policy."
Same-Sex Couples Must Be Allowed To Marry In New York, Court Rules
Excerpt: In a 62-page decision issued this morning in New York City, State Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan said that the New York State Constitution guarantees basic freedoms to lesbian and gay people – and that those rights are violated when same-sex couples are not allowed to marry. The ruling said the state Constitution requires same-sex couples to have equal access to marriage, and that the couples represented by Lambda Legal must be given marriage licenses.
ETA: And on the stupidity front, yet another battle is brewing.
Conflicts over curriculum intensify: Liberals, conservatives go to court as materials or activities in schools fail to meet their expectations.
Excerpt: Meanwhile, in Georgia's Cobb County, a campaign by parents convinced the school board to require a warning sticker on biology textbooks stating that "evolution is a theory, not a fact" and imploring students to consider the books' contents "with an open mind." The ACLU sued, and a court ordered the stickers removed. Ken Miller, who co-authored the biology textbook used in Cobb County, called the sticker a failed attempt at compromise. The sticker, he said, "is factually incorrect, it is scientifically misleading and it is very poor educational policy."
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Date: 2005-02-07 09:49 pm (UTC)Hmph. there are times, many actually, that i don't understand religious nuts.