This new law in NY is a bit of a mixed blessing. Don't get me wrong; I'm happy to see it pass, but it is paving the way for some very serious legal battles, and largely thanks to the previous administration stocking the judiciary with tons of conservative stooges, I no loner trust the courts as much, much less the USSC.

The problem isn't so much the religious exemptions that were sewn into the NY Legislation. The problem is more that there was a 'inseverability' clause sewn in, stating that if any one part of this law is invalidated in the courts, the legislation itself is completely invalidated. And although it doesn't have a lick of logic to stand on, being that the USSC has already passed some seriously bad judgments this term, I don't have a lot of faith that the inseverability clause is going anywhere anytime soon. Other states with large Republican contingencies are likely going to take this same tack, so while we are likely to see an increase in Marriage Equality legislation across all 50 states, it may be a while before the courts can find a way to extricate the idiot 'suicide bomb' clause in the legislation, or the inequities of religious exemptions therein.