This article illustrates one of the problems with SSM - what happens when a gay couple who was legally married elsewhere demands the benefits afforded married couples in a state that does not allow SSM?
Make no mistake - Proposition 8 is only the beginning of this struggle.
NY court hears appeal in same-sex marriage case
By Joseph Spector • Journal Albany bureau • October 15, 2008
ALBANY — A state appeals court heard arguments today on whether New York can give equal benefits to same-sex couples married in other jurisdictions.
The case comes from a decision by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in May 2007 to let gay couples married out of state and employed by the state receive health benefits for their families.
A group of taxpayers represented by the anti-gay-marriage group Alliance Defense Fund sued, but a lower court ruled earlier this year in favor of the state Department of Civil Service, which manages the benefits.
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