Both sides of the homosexual "marriage" dispute in New York are waiting for an appeals court decision.
Having argued the case successfully before a lower court, Liberty Counsel has now gone to an appeals court claiming that Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Senate violated the open meetings law before passing a homosexual marriage law. Special counsel Rena Lindevaldsen handled the case for Liberty Counsel. "The key aspect of the case is that Governor Cuomo -- who, not secretly at all, raised over a million dollars to help lobby Republican senators to change their votes -- met secretly, including at the governor's mansion, with the entire Republican Conference and had closed door meetings to persuade them to change their vote," she explains. "And we allege that that's a violation of the open meetings law." The whole argument, according to Lindevaldsen, centers on whether Cuomo, a Democrat, was a guest of the Republican Conference. "Because there is a guest exception to the open meetings laws when a conference meets," she continues. "And of course, we're arguing that anyone who's lobbying to get the Republican senators to change their votes isn't exactly what the statute envisioned when they said that guests are allowed to attend a conference's private caucus meetings." If a favorable appeals court ruling is obtained, Liberty Counsel will pursue its ultimate goal of having New York's homosexual marriage law overturned.
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