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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

... In 2010, Jennifer Keeton, 24, sued after the college required her to complete a remediation program or face expulsion for her anti-gay beliefs . Her lawsuit states that her views on gays were known to faculty at the university because of her “disagreement in several class discussions and in written assignments with the gay and lesbian ‘lifestyle.’”' ... Keeton has already been rebuffed by the courts. Earlier this year, a U.S. district judge ruled in the university’s favor. In supporting Augusta State in its actions, the judge wrote, “The record suggests, and the testimony at the hearing bolsters, the Plan was imposed because Plaintiff exhibited an inability to counsel in a professionally ethical manner – that is, an inability to resist imposing her moral viewpoint on counselees – in violation of the ACA Code of Ethics.” A classmate testified that Keeton said she would be compelled by her beliefs to tell gay or lesbian counseling clients that their behaviors were morally wr