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Flags at the 2009 Gay Pride Parade in New York City.
New York could become the sixth U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage,
if the Legislature votes on a gay-marriage bill Governor Andrew
Cuomo introduced Tuesday.
That bill needs support from just one more senator to pass. Cuomo has said in the past he wouldn't introduce the bill unless he was sure it had enough support to become law.
“We’ve never been this close before,” Dirk McCall, director of the Bronx Community Pride Center, told Metro. “We’re on the cusp, we just need one more Republican.”
If the Republican-controlled Senate decides to bring the bill up for a vote, it would likely do so Friday, as lawmakers break on Monday for a recess.
Earlier this week, five Republican state senators who previously voted against the bill said they are now in favor. Their switch gives the gay-marriage bill the support of 31 senators, with 32 needed for approval.
Celebs such as Cynthia Nixon are up in Albany today, petitioning for the gay-marriage bill to pass.
That bill needs support from just one more senator to pass. Cuomo has said in the past he wouldn't introduce the bill unless he was sure it had enough support to become law.
“We’ve never been this close before,” Dirk McCall, director of the Bronx Community Pride Center, told Metro. “We’re on the cusp, we just need one more Republican.”
If the Republican-controlled Senate decides to bring the bill up for a vote, it would likely do so Friday, as lawmakers break on Monday for a recess.
Earlier this week, five Republican state senators who previously voted against the bill said they are now in favor. Their switch gives the gay-marriage bill the support of 31 senators, with 32 needed for approval.
Celebs such as Cynthia Nixon are up in Albany today, petitioning for the gay-marriage bill to pass.
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