Celebration! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zetcb-ny0Fg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > June 24, 2011 > Gay Marriage Approved by N.Y. Senate > By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and MICHAEL BARBARO > > ALBANY Lawmakers voted late Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, making > New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed, > and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where > it was born. > > The same-sex marriage bill was approved on a 33-to-29 vote, as 4 Republican > state senators joined 29 Democrats in voting for the bill. The Senate > galleries were so packed with supporters and opponents that the fire marshals > closed them off. And along the Great Western Staircase, outside the Senate > chamber, about 100 demonstrators chanted and waved placards throughout the > night separated by a generation, a phalanx of state troopers and 10 feet of > red marble. > > "Support traditional marriage," read signs held by opponents. "Love is love, > Vote Yes," declared those in the hands of the far more youthful group of > people who supported it. > > Senate approval was the final hurdle for the same-sex marriage legislation, > which is strongly supported by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and was approved last > week by the Assembly. Mr. Cuomo is expected to sign the measure soon, and the > law will go into effect 30 days later, meaning that same-sex couples could > begin marrying in New York by midsummer. > > Read more: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html?hp > > http://tinyurl.com/66bxykl >
