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Image via Wikipedia Harshly criticizing Gov.  Andrew M. Cuomo  for the tactics he used to win approval of same-sex  marriage , a state judge has ruled that a  lawsuit  challenging the enactment of  New York ’s Marriage Equality Act can proceed. Acting  Justice  Robert B. Wiggins of  State Supreme Court  in Livingston County, in the  Finger Lakes region , wrote that it was possible that the  Republican  majority in the State Senate had violated the state’s open meetings law as it discussed whether to bring the marriage bill to a vote. His ruling offered a flash of hope for the conservative group that filed the lawsuit, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, which is asking the court to overturn the marriage law  and nullify the weddings that have been performed under it. ... Justice Wiggins was particularly critical of the governor’s use of a procedural maneuver that allowed legislators to vote on the Marriage Equality Act immediately after the bill was drafted, rather than waiting

FROM: NEW YORK TIMES Harshly criticizing Gov.  Andrew M. Cuomo  for the tactics he used to win approval of  same-sex marriage , a state judge has ruled that a  lawsuit  challenging the  enactment of New York’s Marriage Equality Act  can proceed. Acting Justice Robert B. Wiggins of  State Supreme Court in Livingston County, in the  Finger Lakes region , wrote that it was possible that the  Republican  majority in the State Senate had violated the state’s open meetings law as it discussed whether to bring the marriage bill to a vote. His ruling offered a flash of hope for the conservative group that filed the lawsuit,  New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms , which is asking the court to overturn the marriage law and nullify the weddings that have been performed under it. The state attorney general,  Eric T. Schneiderman , had sought the dismissal of the lawsuit. Justice Wiggins dismissed some elements of the case but said it could proceed on the open-meetings issue. His ruling, which