By Hallie Arnold , Freeman staff 03/06/2004
KINGSTON - The federal government has no business trying to legislate against same-sex marriage, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey said Friday. "The president of the United States has, in his own way, attempted to try to drive a cultural wedge between the American people with a federal amendment to the Constitution to prohibit gay marriage," Hinchey, D-Hurley, said during a news conference at his district office on Wall Street in Uptown Kingston.