Felicia Pitts Davis performed a ceremony for a heterosexual couple but bailed out on two women waiting to be married, sources say.

Summary

Syracuse City Court Judge Felicia Pitts Davis refused to officiate a same-sex wedding, citing religious beliefs.

Another judge, Mary Anne Doherty, performed the ceremony.

Pitts Davis’ actions, considered discriminatory under New York judicial ethics and the Marriage Equality Act, are under review by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    211·
    18 days ago

    That is simply not true in New York and I have no idea why you are talking about this like you’re some authority.

    • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
      120·
      18 days ago

      I was a wedding photographer in New York, 13 years ago. So yah. Respect my authoritay!

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        151·
        18 days ago

        How does that in any way make you a legal expert? I did a voice-over for a video for the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency about nuclear power plant regulations. Do you know what I know about nuclear power plants or regulations? Not a fucking thing. And I would never claim to have some insight into the law just because my job involved being in proximity to legal language.

        You weren’t even a wedding photographer there when it was legal for gay people to be married. That happened in 2015.

        This is not a good look for you.