Gruszczynski v. Twarkowski

OPINION OF THE COURT

Matthew F. Cooper, J.

On July 24, 2011, New York became the sixth state in our nation to permit same-sex marriage. By so doing, New York joined a small group of jurisdictions extending the right to marry to all people, irrespective of sexual orientation. Four years later, the rest of the country was required to follow suit when the United States Supreme Court, in Obergefell v Hodges (576 US —, 135 S Ct 2584 [June 26, 2015]), declared same-sex marriage to be the law of the land.

New York’s embracement of the equal right to marry helped to make New York City, especially…