Court upholds benefits for same-sex “marriages” performed out of state

Gothamist: “The lawyer for the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, which challenged the benefits In New York, had argued that ‘the only relationship recognized as marriage is the committed union of a man and a woman. State and local officials should not attempt to use marriage laws from outside jurisdictions to place their political agendas ahead of the law.’ The state Assembly passed a bill earlier this year to legalize same-sex marriage, but it stalled in the Senate.”