The New York state Senate has just voted to pass the marriage equality bill!
BREAKING: NEW YORK SAYS "I DO"
Julie Bolcer reports on Advocate.com:
In a historic vote with far-reaching implications, the New York State Senate passed the marriage equality bill Friday, making New York the sixth and most populous state in addition to Washington, D.C., to offer civil marriage for same-sex couples.
The 33-29 vote, including two Republicans, came at the end of the legislative session and capped a dramatic week in Albany, where loud protests for and against the bill, many based in religious belief, filled the hallways outside the Senate chamber and the majority conference room at the state capitol. New York became the first state with a Republican-controlled legislative body to pass a marriage equality bill, following passage multiple times in the Democratic-controlled state Assembly since 2007.
The marriage equality law will take effect 30 days after being signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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