A number of foreign countries and four U.S. states allow same-sex couples to marry. New York is not among them. InHernandez v. Robles, 7 N.Y.3d 338 (2006), the
Same-Sex Spousal Benefits
<i>Godfrey v. Spano</i>, decided in November 2009, afforded the court an opportunity to resolve the question of whether same-sex marriages that are valid where performed are entitled to full legal recognition in New York under the marriage recognition rule.
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