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N.Y. Gay Marriage Vote Next Year?
Stung by the loss of a marriage equality bill last year but emboldened by this week’s defeat of antigay former state senator Hiram Monserrate, New York gay rights advocates are again looking toward a senate vote on same-sex marriage.
According to Reuters, “Advocates aim to bring the issue of same-sex marriage to the Senate floor as early as next year.”
On Tuesday, Hiram Monserrate, one of eight Democrats who voted against the marriage equality bill in December, was resoundingly defeated in a special election for his former senate seat from Queens. Fight Back New York, a political action committee supported by gay philanthropist Tim Gill, targeted Monserrate for defeat.
The PAC intends to challenge some of the other Democrats who voted against the marriage equality bill, according to Reuters.
Stung by the loss of a marriage equality bill last year but emboldened by this week’s defeat of antigay former state senator Hiram Monserrate, New York gay rights advocates are again looking toward a senate vote on same-sex marriage.
According to Reuters, “Advocates aim to bring the issue of same-sex marriage to the Senate floor as early as next year.”
On Tuesday, Hiram Monserrate, one of eight Democrats who voted against the marriage equality bill in December, was resoundingly defeated in a special election for his former senate seat from Queens. Fight Back New York, a political action committee supported by gay philanthropist Tim Gill, targeted Monserrate for defeat.
The PAC intends to challenge some of the other Democrats who voted against the marriage equality bill, according to Reuters.
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