Felicia Pitts Davis performed a ceremony for a heterosexual couple but bailed out on two women waiting to be married, sources say.

Summary

Syracuse City Court Judge Felicia Pitts Davis refused to officiate a same-sex wedding, citing religious beliefs.

Another judge, Mary Anne Doherty, performed the ceremony.

Pitts Davis’ actions, considered discriminatory under New York judicial ethics and the Marriage Equality Act, are under review by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    101·
    7 days ago

    Dude, you think you know more about the law than she does because you were a wedding photographer in New York before gay marriage was legal.

    I don’t even know what you think qualifies someone to be a judge but I’m glad it isn’t that.