Q&A: Key NY Lawmaker on the 10th Anniversary of Gay Marriage Passg

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On June 24, 2011, the New York Legislature passed the state’s marriage equaly measure, when only 46 percent of Amerins supported gay upl' right to wed.

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THEY FOUGHT FOR GAY MARRIAGE. A LATER, ADVOT REFLECT ON THE 'HERCULEAN FEAT.'

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Th, an employer may not refe to hire you simply bee you’re gay, nor may an employer refe to hire you bee you’re married—eher to a person of the same or different sex.

But on June 24, 2011, when the New York Legislature passed the state’s marriage equaly measure, only 46 percent did, barely surpassg the 45 percent who opposed the right of gay upl to wed.

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In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the urt led, 5-4, that the Constutn guarante a right to same-sex marriage. * new york gay marriage *

Tom Duane, Assembly Member Deborah Glick and other gay legislators had kept their partners out of polics.

It was gay Pri weekend, and they marched the para wh O’Donnell’s 5-year-old nephew. “Even plac like Mississippi or Alabama, at some pot they were gog to have a problem wh the full fah and cred clse of the Constutn if they say, ‘We'll accept straight marriag om New York but not gay on. ’”A group walks down Fifth Avenue durg the New York Cy gay pri march on June 26, Honda / AFP via Getty Imag fileIt wasn’t a bloodls victory, though: The four Republin state senators who crossed the aisle to support the bill all were out of office wh the next few years.

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