Westchester (NY) to recognize gays married elsewhere

[brooklynite]

By KEITH EDDINGS
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THE JOURNAL NEWS



WHITE PLAINS — Westchester County will recognize gay marriages performed in states and countries where they are legal, making it the eighth municipality in New York — and the first county — to recognize the same-sex unions, County Executive Andrew Spano said yesterday.

Spano's executive order will guarantee married gay couples the handful of rights and privileges from county government that heterosexual couples enjoy, including the right to buy family passes to county parks. But the order will be a mostly symbolic act that will not require local towns, villages and cities to recognize the marriages, and it won't provide gay married couples living in the county with new state or federal rights or privileges, such as the right to file joint tax returns or to inherit a partner's Social Security benefits.

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[Ian David]

1. But what will we tell THE CHILDREN??

GIRL: "Mommy, why do those two women get to save $6 by purchasing a family pass to the county park?"

FUNDIE MOM: "That's because they lick one another's vagina."

GIRL: "Thank you for telling me that, Mom. Now my little mind has been shattered. I want icecream! Wahh!"