GAY COUPLES SUE NY: From Reuters

Thirteen same-sex couples sued New York State on Wednesday for the right to obtain marriage licenses, opening another front in the politically charged battle over gay marriage during a U.S. presidential election year.

Denying marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples "deprives us of due process and equal protection" under the New York state constitution, said state Assemblyman Daniel J. O'Donnell, a Manhattan Democrat who is the brother of comedian Rosie O'Donnell. ...

New York has a domestic partner law that grants some rights to same-sex couples, but they lack "more than 700" rights married couples enjoy, according to the complaint filed at the state Supreme Court in Albany by the American Civil Liberties Union and its New York chapter.

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