While gay couples can’t legally get married in New York State, those couples who marry in other states and countries, specifically Canada, will have their marriage recognized inside the Empire State.

Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California and Canada.
In a directive issued on May 14, the governor’s legal counsel, David Nocenti, instructed the agencies that gay couples married elsewhere “should be afforded the same recognition as any other legally performed union.”

Currently gay marriage is legal in only two states, California and Massachusetts, and this decision gives makes NYS the only state to recognize gay marriage while not making them legal. Does this mean that gay marriage in NY State is soon to follow? I sure hope so.

Via / NYT