Marriage Licenses In Limited Supply In NYC – Conservatives Were Right!
I’ve always said one of the defining aspects of the conservative mind is that they see everything as a zero-sum game. If I win you lose. My straight marriage will be devalued if you get your same-sex marriage, because there’s just so much to go around. Poppycock.
Or is it?
READ: How Do Gay Couples Get Married In NYC?
In New York City, there will be so many couples lined up on Sunday — the first day marriage licenses are available — that city officials have had to institute a lottery.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Fearing demand for same-sex weddings will be too great for the City Clerk’s Office to handle this Sunday, city officials have announced a lottery for weddings on the first day that gay couples can legally wed in the state.
Officials said couples could be stuck waiting in long lines all day and, though the city has added extra clerks for Sunday, ultimately would not be able to get married because of the high volume. The lottery will guarantee 764 couples — either opposite- or same-sex — access to marry at one of the City Clerk’s five offices Sunday.
The 764 couples to marry would be the largest number of marriages on any single day in city history.
As of Tuesday morning, the City Clerk’s Office had received 2,661 online applications since July 5th; the Clerk has estimated that 1,728 are from same-sex couples. Officials said the data collected by the city showed 54% of the online applicants planned to visit the clerk’s offices on Sunday in pursuit of a marriage license, and that 50% planned to marry that day.
According to the city, couples wishing to marry on Sunday may register for the lottery by going to the City Clerk’s website or by calling 311. The lottery will open for entries at noon on Tuesday and will close to entries at noon on Thursday.
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