ALBANY, NY ()
-- According to a ruling by New York State's highest court, New Paltz Mayor Jason West will stand trial for having married a number of gay couples in February 2004.
The Mayor will be facing 24 misdemeanor counts of violating state law for marrying gay couples without marriage licenses during a period last year when several state and city officials in progressive areas around the country allowed gay couples to wed.
Mayor West claims that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry and that it was his duty to give equal rights and protection to gay couples by allowing them to marry.
Mayor West claims that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry and that it was his duty to give equal rights and protection to gay couples by allowing them to marry.
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