Marriage case goes before judge

Sadly this seriously dampens my enthusiasm for Eliot Spitzer. Thoughts?




Both sides on the same-sex issue are expecting an appeal of outcome.
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
By Rebecca James
Staff writer
Backed by the city of Ithaca, 25 same-sex couples will make their case next week for the right to marry.

The motion in state Supreme Court for summary judgment in favor of the couples will be countered by the state Attorney General's Office, which has prevailed in two similar cases in the state in the last three months.


Jason Seymour, a Lansing resident who is one of the plaintiffs, said that he and his partner plan to travel to Elmira on Jan. 14 to hear the case argued before state Supreme Court Justice Robert C. Mulvey.

Even before it is handed down, Seymour said he knows Mulvey's decision will be appealed by whatever side loses.

"We knew the fight was going to be long and it was going to involve multiple steps in the court process," Seymour said. "We're not planning the big victory party now."

The couples all applied for marriage licenses early in 2004 and were turned down by the Ithaca city clerk, who was following a state Health Department advisory not to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The couples sued the city and the state in June.

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