A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California’s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court. read more
Longtime town clerk Rose Marie Belforti handles building permits, hunting licenses and government records for people in this farm-heavy Finger Lakes community.
Marriage licenses are a different story, because of her faith.read more
“Court records state that Walker, who ruled it unconstitutional to keep the voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8 on the books, should be disqualified from deciding anything in this particular same-sex marriage case because of his long-term partner of the same sex.”