NY Senate Voting Tonight On Marriage Equalty
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/new-york-state-senate-to-vote-on-same-sex-marriag...
The New York State Senate will bring the Marriage Equality Bill to a vote tonight (Friday). During the day, an agreement was reached for the addition of an amendment that would strengthen and clarify language that would protect religious institutions and specify that the proposed law would allow the state to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. From the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/new-york-state-senate-to-vote-on-same...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/new-york-state-senate-to-vote-on-same...
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At 11:55pm, 24 June 2011, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Marriage Equality Act. It goes into effect in 30 days. New York has become a beacon of human rights and progressiveness.
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