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BREAKING NEWS ~ New York judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban Phillip Hong-Barco at 3:04 PM ET [JURIST] New York State Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan ruled Friday that New York's law banning same-sex marriages violates the state constitution. Read her 62-page opinion [PDF]. If upheld on appeal, the decision would allow same-sex couples in the state to wed. Justice Ling-Cohan found in favor of five same-sex couples who were denied marriages licenses last year. Gay rights organization Lambda Legal, which brought the case, has issued a press release. AP has more. Link | 
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