Today, New York’s highest court handed down a victory for many gay and lesbian couples throughout the state by letting stand an appellate court’s groundbreaking ruling that recognized same-sex couples’ valid out-of-state marriages.

The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed papers in an appellate court in support of a lawsuit challenging Rochester’s curfew law. The filing asked the court for permission to file a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that the curfew violates the constitutional rights of parents and their children.