Last Friday Israel experienced a 5.3 earthquake, the strongest earthquake in Israel for a decade.  Apparently Gay Israelis have more power than we may have thought.  According to MK Shlomo Benizri of the Shas party,

“the Gemara refers to earthquakes as disasters, but you are searching only for the practical solutions how to prevent and repair.

But I know of another way to prevent earthquakes; the Gemara mentions a number of causes of earthquakes, one of which is homosexuality, which the Knesset legitimizes.”

This comes after Israel decided to let same-sex couples adopt.  See that story here.

As usual, towleroad.com has it best.

State Court Recognizes Gay Marriages From Elsewhere - New York Times:

A New York appellate court ruled Friday that valid out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples must be legally recognized in New York, just as the law recognizes those of heterosexual couples solemnized elsewhere. Lawyers for both sides said the ruling applied to all public and private employers in the state. Even though gay couples may not legally marry in New York, the appellate court in Rochester held that a gay couple’s 2004 marriage in Canada must be respected under the state’s longstanding “marriage recognition rule,” and that an employer’s denial of health benefits had discriminated against the couple on the basis of their sexual orientation.