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New York Court Ends Challenge To Marriage Equality Law | New York’s highest court, the state Court of Appeals, has declined to hear an appeal challenging the state’s marriage equality. A fringe conservative group, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, had filed suit against the law, claiming that lawmakers did not follow procedures under the Open Meetings Law when discussing the same-sex marriage bill in 2011. The Appellate Division had already rejected the suit unanimously, and with the Court of Appeals declining to hear the case, the challenge is now over. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) praised the decisions, saying, “The freedom to marry in this state is secure for generations to come.”