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ALBANY, New York | Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:11pm EDT
(Reuters) - New York state senators will vote on whether to become the sixth U.S. state to allow gay marriage later on Friday or in the early hours of Saturday, Republican senators said.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Republican Senator George Maziarz both said a marriage equality bill would be voted on by the Senate.
New York could become the sixth and most populous state to allow gay marriage if bill introduced by Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo is approved by the Senate. Only one more Republican senator needs to support the bill for it to pass.
Mike Long, the chairman of the New York Conservative Party, said late Friday afternoon that the gay marriage bill has at least 32 votes to pass the Senate.
"I'm sorry to say that the bill's going to pass," Long told the Standard a few minutes before 6 p.m.
"I know they've got the 32nd vote, and I think they've muscled two more people."
Crossing my fingers. I heard the vote will go down around 10.
Edit, not the SSM bill, but a religious exception amendment, but the SSM bill looks good.
The bill passed!!!!
I'm surprised that it took NY this long, but good news nonetheless.
After the initial hooplah, we can then watch as crickets chirp and the world remains.
Nope. This ends the world, since any gay couple in the country can come to New York and get married due to the lack or residency requirement there. And when DOMA goes down in flames(next year?), that effectively makes SSM legal across the country.
Suck it bigots :mrgreen:
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