They fought for gay marriage. A later, advot reflect on the 'herculean feat.'

Contents:

• TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: GAY MARRIAG NEW YORK CY BEG
• A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS IN NEW YORK STATE
• HERE'S A LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST GAY COUPL TO GET MARRIED AMERI
• GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGALISED NEW YORK
• NEW YORK'S GAY MARRIAGE DTRY IS BOOMG ONE YEAR AFTER FIRST WEDDGS
• THEY FOUGHT FOR GAY MARRIAGE. A LATER, ADVOT REFLECT ON THE 'HERCULEAN FEAT.'
• FIRST GAY MARRIAGE NEW YORK UNR RABOW-LORED NIAGARA FALLS
• THE PREHISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE: WATCH A 1971 PROTT AT NYC'S MARRIAGE LICENSE BURE
• LBIAN UPLE WHO GOT HCHED SHORTLY AFTER GAY MARRIAGE BEME LEGAL NEW YORK STATE SET TO BEE ONE OF FIRST GAY DIVORC

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: GAY MARRIAG NEW YORK CY BEG

Over the d of a “If you’re gay and you know , stomp your feet” chant om the le behd them, the uple climb the steps.

“Marriage equaly is alive and well, ” New York Cy Council Speaker Christe Qun, the body’s first openly gay lear, said a prs briefg outsi the clerk’s office. Gay rights advot have been fightg for s to make happen.

A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS IN NEW YORK STATE

The 1969 Stonewall rts Greenwich Village are nsired by some as the birth place of the gay rights movement.

The Assembly passed a bill legalizg gay marriage, but died the Senate. Then April of 2009, a week after Vermont ma same-sex marriag legal, Governor Paterson igned bate aga, cidg to troduce a gay-marriage bill Albany.

HERE'S A LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST GAY COUPL TO GET MARRIED AMERI

On Friday, Cambridge Cy Hall Massachetts is holdg a celebratn to mark the 10th anniversary of gay marriage the state and this untry. This article is om the archive of our partner Friday, Cambridge Cy Hall Massachetts is holdg a celebratn to mark the 10th anniversary of gay marriage the state and this untry.

Mt Romney was the ernor at the time, and he opposed gay marriage, along wh a majory of the untry — May 2004, 55 percent of Amerins thought gay marriag should not be The New York Tim reported then,... The [state] Legislature, wh a large number of Democrats who are agast gay marriage, some bee of their Catholic fah, was not pleased wh the urt's 4-to-3 cisn.

GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGALISED NEW YORK

Then, a seri of marathon nstutnal nventns, marked by emotnal oratory, filibterg and back-room bargag, the legislature voted late March to approve a nstutnal amendment that would ban gay marriage and tablish civil amendment never succeed, and gay marriage remas legal Massachetts today. Here's a look back at some of the first gay upl to get married the U., the lead platiffs the state's gay marriage lawsu, Hilary and Julie Goodridge, apply for a marriage license at Boston Cy Hall wh their dghter, Annie. Have legalized gay marriage, and 54 percent of Amerins thk gay marriage should be legal.

New York has bee the latt and largt US state to legalise same-sex marriage a move which gay rights mpaigners hope will be a turng pot for regnn of such unns across the state senate's backg of the marriage equaly bill means New York, the third most populo US state, jos Connecticut, Iowa, Massachetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and the Washgton pal district allowg gay upl to weddgs are expected to mence wh 30 days after ernor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill to law on Friday night. The Republin-ntrolled state senate voted 33-29 for the bill which had earlier been approved by the lower hoe, which has a Democratic rights activists believe the vote will strengthen the mpaign for marriage equaly across the untry, as the impact of the legislatn will be felt well beyond New Massachetts, the first state to allow gay marriage 2004, people do not need to be rints of New York to obta a marriage licence, so the state uld attract upl om across the untry. "It's tly a historic night for love, our fai, and mocracy won, " he vote was particularly emotnal for many the gay muny as the gay rights movement is nsired to have started New York Cy wh the Stonewall rts Greenwich Village was a huge street party at the Stonewall Inn overnight.

Alex Kelston, 26, who works fance Manhattan, said: "This is the place where the movement started, and 's a way to close the loop and celebrate the full equaly of gay people New York.

NEW YORK'S GAY MARRIAGE DTRY IS BOOMG ONE YEAR AFTER FIRST WEDDGS

The vote is likely to be celebrated at annual gay pri events this weekend, culmatg wh paras New York Cy, San Francis and other ci on Ellis, who has been a six-year relatnship wh her partner, Kristen Henrson, said the new law would enable the uple, who have tw toddlers, to get married the tumn. "The legislatn do clu Republin mands for legal protectns for relig groups that fear they will be h wh discrimatn lawsus if they refe to allow their facili to be ed for gay weddgs. cludg many landmarks of gay history.

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

A year after gay marriage beme legal New York state, divorce lawyer Daniel Clement's same-sex seload is still pretty th. "Still 's nice to see thgs not gog sour too soon, " he add, seemgly ntent – for the time beg at least – wh helpg straight upl advent of gay marriage one of the US's most populo stat had been acpanied by predictns of a boom time for both the weddg bs, and the divorce dtry.

Bernatte Smh's pany 14 Stori has been anisg special days for gay uple for eight years Massachetts. "Smh said that last summer, gay weddgs tend to be smaller affairs New York as upl shed to take up the newly afford opportuny of beg able to marry.

"It uld be even more lucrative is wasn't for the fact that gay upl tend to pay ls on weddgs as a rult of smaller gut lists, Smh said, explag a greater tenncy amongst same-sex uple to pay for the day themselv. The cy released figur showg that some 8, 200 same-sex marriage licens have been granted the past year – nearly 11% of the said that over the first three years of gay nuptials New York, the weddg dtry is expected to experience a $100m crease bs. Clement, who has been helpg New York and New Jersey upl separate for 25 years, don't thk his profsn has enough work for a stand-alone gay divorce specialist.

FIRST GAY MARRIAGE NEW YORK UNR RABOW-LORED NIAGARA FALLS

It was about beg able to marry other jurisdictns, " Clement lawyer isn't surprised by the lack of gay upl beatg down his door for a divorce. But he thks thgs will change and that before long the gay divorce market uld be a nice ltle earner.

THE PREHISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE: WATCH A 1971 PROTT AT NYC'S MARRIAGE LICENSE BURE

SOURCE: “WHY MARRIAGE MATTERS: AMERICA, EQUALITY, AND GAY PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO MARRY, ” BY EVAN WOLFSON (2004). 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.

LBIAN UPLE WHO GOT HCHED SHORTLY AFTER GAY MARRIAGE BEME LEGAL NEW YORK STATE SET TO BEE ONE OF FIRST GAY DIVORC

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. Insi the First Gay Weddgs New Jersey | WNYC | New York Public Rad, Podsts, Live Streamg Rad, News. Two years after Stonewall, the Gay Activists Alliance vad the office wh ffee and ke to hold an "engagement party" and prott the anti-gay "slanr" of the cy still, NYC Marriage License Bure prott, 1971.