Is this issue echoing the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s? Clerks around the state are taking a stance in denying same-sex couples marriage certificates. Couples in New York City were turned away after waiting on line this morning at the City’s municipal building. Other stories here and here.

Many people have asked, how the prohibition of same-sex marriages affects the daily lives of same-sex couples. Well, here is one example explained in a recent Court of Appeals case involving student housing.