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From: The Washington Times | December 2, 2009
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York lawmakers rejected a bill Wednesday that would have made their state the sixth to allow gay marriage, disheartening advocates already stung by a similar decision by Maine voters last month. The New York measure failed by a wider-than-expected margin, falling 12 votes short in a 24-38 decision by the state Senate. The Assembly approved the bill earlier, and Gov. David A. Paterson, a Democrat who perhaps was the bill's strongest advocate, had pledged to sign it. New York also doesn't allow civil unions but has several laws, executive orders and court decisions that grant many ...
N.Y. Senate rejects gay marriage bill
From: The Washington Times | December 2, 2009
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York lawmakers rejected a bill Wednesday that would have made their state the sixth to allow gay marriage, disheartening advocates already stung by a similar decision by Maine voters last month. The New York measure failed by a wider-than-expected margin, falling 12 votes short in a 24-38 decision by the state Senate. The Assembly approved the bill earlier, and Gov. David A. Paterson, a Democrat who perhaps was the bill's strongest advocate, had pledged to sign it. New York also doesn't allow civil unions but has several laws, executive orders and court decisions that grant many ...
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