Hamilton on the New York Marriage Equality Act and its Religious Exceptions

My student and one of our terrific fellows at the St. John's Center for Law and Religion, Andrew Hamilton, has posted, The New York Marriage Equality Act and the Strength of its Religious Exceptions.  The paper (supervised by my colleague Mark Movsesian) explores whether the religious exceptions under the New York same-sex marriage law allow Catholic Charities to refuse to place foster children with same-sex couples.

We're also proud to announce that Andy's paper won third prize in the national "Religious Freedom Student Writing Competition."  It will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Catholic Legal Studies.  Andrew will be traveling down to Washington D.C. this Thursday to attend the  2012 International Religious Liberty Award Dinner, whose guest of honor is Douglas Laycock.