Former Attorneys General Anthony F. Troy and Stephen D. Rosenthal, both Democrats, and Wyatt B. Durrette Jr., twice a Republican candidate for attorney general and once his party's gubernatorial nominee, are among the lawyers warning yesterday that the measure threatens the rights of all unmarried couples to enter in legal agreements, including wills, trusts and do-not-resuscitate requests.Without expressing their personal views on the amendment, the lawyers endorsed a memorandum by the high-powered Washington, D.C., firm of Arnold & Porter that said the amendment goes well beyond the state's existing statutory ban on same-sex marriage.
Okay, who are you going to believe, our current AG, an apologist for the religious right, or the lawyers at Arnold & Porter?