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

Contents:

• GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
• THEY FOUGHT FOR GAY MARRIAGE. A LATER, ADVOT REFLECT ON THE 'HERCULEAN FEAT.'
• GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGALISED NEW YORK
• NEW YORK BE THE SIXTH STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN

In 2009, a Marriage Equaly Bill had passed the New York Assembly, but fell short the 2011, galvanized by those loss, gay-rights activists at the Human Rights Campaign, Marriage Equaly New York and New York Pri Agenda doubled down, blanketg the state wh operativ to drive home marriage equaly through postrds, lls and emails and 150, 000 nstuent ntacts wh their the Supreme Court’s landmark 2015 cisn Obergefell v. Bely was behd bar, “probably mixg Cosmos, ” at Brandy’s Piano Bar on the Upper East Si when "every gay person sudnly packed to this bar and there was a feelg of like the war had end or somethg, like you wanted to see a sailor wh the girl Tim Square. O'Donnell, the brother of actrs Rosie O'Donnell, says he still gets thanks om people whose marriag his bill ma said marriage hasn't changed their daily life, except one tangible way, one that up repeatedly when talkg wh gay married upl.

How would Turley and his fiancé, Peter Thie, like to move up their September weddg and p the momento Obergefell week by gettg married that Sunday, by the ernor, ont of the gay-rights temple Stonewall Inn? ”They married June 12, 2016, their favore New York Cy rtrant, on the day the world woke to the news that a gunman had killed 49 people and wound 53 more a mass shootg at Pulse, a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida. "In a weird way, I thk people who are unfortable wh gay folks generally, 's actually easier for them to jt hear, 'OK, so they're married, ' rather than havg to expla 'Well, they live together, but they're not married, but they're lovers.

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. “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.

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

’”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. That set off an tensive effort among a bipartisan group of proponents the Senate — boosted quietly by a aln of fluential Republin donors and operativ, some of them gay — to fd the at least 10 Republin vot necsary that chamber to move the Senate, the legislatn was revised to addrs ncerns among some Republins that would punish or rtrict the relig eedom of stutns that refe to regnize same-sex marriag.

GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGALISED NEW YORK

The unexpectedly high number of Hoe Republins supportg the bill July — nearly a quarter of them — propelled her bid to cut a bipartisan al the Senate, but she urged Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majory lear, to wa until after the electns to brg to a strategy drew the ire of some progrsiv who were eager to exact a polil price om Republin opponents of the measure, but yield the hoped for rult: The legislatn passed the Senate last month wh the support of 12 Republins, exceedg the 60-vote thrhold that has trated many a bipartisan the Hoe floor on Thursday, a para of Democrats — some of them gay, many of speakg about their own same-sex marriag — stood to make the se for the measure. “Today, we will vote for equaly and agast discrimatn by fally overturng the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act and guaranteeg ccial protectns for same-sex and terracial marriag, ” Reprentative David Cicille, Democrat of Rho Island, said on Thursday the moments before , at a ceremony to celebrate and officially transm the legislatn to Mr. Pelosi, whose speakership ends the begng of January, said that signg the bill was a ftg pstone to her tenure the post, which began 2010 wh her signg legislatn to allow the repeal of the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy agast gay and bisexual people servg openly the Reprentative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachetts and one of the first openly gay members of Congrs, was on hand to celebrate what he scribed the mise of yet another ignom piece of policy, referrg to the Defense of Marriage Act by s ials.

NEW YORK BE THE SIXTH STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

The same thg happens 7, 2006: Constutnal amendments banng gay marriage are passed seven more 15, 2008: California Supreme Court strik down a state law banng same-sex marriage, and gay upl beg marryg a month 10, 2008: Connecticut Supreme Court legaliz same-sex 4, 2008: California voters approve Proposn 8, which bans gays and lbians om 3, 2009: Iowa Supreme Court legaliz same-sex 7, 2009: Vermont Legislature overris Gov.

John Lynch signs law legalizg gay 3, 2009: Mae voters overturn the state's gay marriage law at the ballot 18, 2009: District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty signs law legalizg gay 8, 2010: U.