Some people have voiced expectations that the New York Court of Appeals will issue its same-sex marriage decision in Hernandez v. Robles soon – “as early as this week” (see here and here).

This is how rumors get started. As far as I can tell, there’s absolutely no basis for these conjectures. I don’t know if New York law has a deadline by which an appellate court must rule on a case that’s been argued before it, but even if New York has such a law, the case was argued less than a month ago and I doubt any deadline would be approaching. I think some people are really eager for a court decision and are engaging in some wishful thinking. (The Empire State Pride Agenda might just be trying to be well-prepared, though.)

It’s not even guaranteed that the decision will be in favor of same-sex marriage. But if it is, I hope they wait until after the November elections. The last thing we need right now is another pro-gay-marriage court decision to rile up social conservatives.

Also pending: New Jersey and Washington decisions, the latter of which has been pending for a year and a half. That seems a bit extreme to me.