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NYC announces marriage lottery ahead of demand for Sunday ceremonies
New York City will hold a lottery for couples who want to get married on first day that the state’s Marriage Equality Act takes effect, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Tuesday.
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Bloomberg makes good on promise: Pro-gay marrige GOP Senators rewarded
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has rewarded four Republican state senators who voted for the state’s Marriage Equality Act with significant campaign contributions.
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Fate of marriage equality in New York rests with eight undecided Senators
The fate of marriage equality in New York rests with a small group of undecided state Senators — if and when a bill comes to the Senate floor for a vote — according to a survey by Gannett’s Albany news bureau.
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the case for marriage equality
In a passionate and sweeping address on Thursday at Cooper Union, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out his case for why the State Legislature must vote on same-sex marriage before the legislative session ends in June.
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New York state lawmaker seeks to repeal recognition of legal same-sex unions
A New York state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would void recognition of gay marriages performed in other states, and said voters in his southwest Brooklyn district “don’t really give a rat’s ass about social issues.” The bill sponsored by Sen. Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn) was introduced on May 20, just days after New York City […]
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Bloomberg, Quinn pressure NY GOP state Senators to support marriage equality
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and openly gay New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn were in Albany on Tuesday, and lobbied Republican State Senators pass a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Eight gang members in custody in brutal NYC anti-gay hate crimes
Eight members of the Latin King Goonies, a Bronx, NY street gang are in custody, after they allegedly beat and tortured a new recruit they thought was gay, and two other men in separate, gruesome assaults earlier this week.