New York legislature slated to vote on marriage this week

h/t to my favorite carpetbagging tax-delinquent heterosupremecist theocrat Gary Randall for keeping me up to date on the haps in NY :)  

Governor Paterson says he's secured a commitment by Senate leaders that there will be a vote on the marriage bill during the Nov 16-17 special legislative session.
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August 06, 2009

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