Closer to gay marriage
The Assembly took a big step toward getting gay marriage legalized in New York Tuesday by passing the watershed Marriage Equality bill.
The bill passed the Assembly floor by a solid margin with a vote of 85 to 61.
The vote came after advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender causes in Brooklyn as well as around the state bandied together to get their local Assembly members to approve the measure, which was initiated by Governor Eliot Spitzer.
In essence, the bill will amend the domestic relations law in relation to the ability to marry, by giving same sex couples the legal right to wed. It would also insure that the bill “does not improperly intrude into matters of conscience or religious belief,