Thomas More Society of Chicago Files Brief for New York State Catholic Conference in Defense of Traditional Marriage
Posted by Thomas More Society (August 28, 2009 at 10:47 am)
Court of Appeals Urged to Reverse Lower Court’s Recognition of Out-of State Same-Sex Marriages
Chicago, Aug. 28—This week the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, ordered that the Chicago-based Thomas More Society could file an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the New York State Catholic Conference to defend traditional marriage in the case of Kenneth Lewis v. New York State Department of Civil Service. The central issue is whether New York state should recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages that have been lawfully entered into in another state. The brief argues that recognition of same-sex marriages, which would undermine a natural and social institution, is not required by New York precedents governing recognition of out-of-state marriages.