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The National Organization for Women, the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York and Pace Women's Justice Center ラ three organizations dedicated to the advancement of equal rights and the eradication of discrimination against women ラ explain that barring same-sex couples from marrying in New York State constitutes sex discrimination and thus violates the State's Constitution. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is counsel is amici.
The New York County Lawyers' Association and the National Black Justice Coalition, a civil rights organization of black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and allies dedicated to fostering equality, demonstrate that the same unconstitutional rationalizations that were used to justify the prohibition against interracial marriage are being used today to preclude same-sex couples from marrying. Viewed against this historical background, amici submit that the prohibition on civil marriage between same-sex couples must be recognized as unconstitutional.