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NY/Marriage: Not Just About The Locals
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Supporters of gay marriage in New York will likely look to their national-level leaders--Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. Schumer came out, almost literally, in support of gay marriage in March; the Empire State Pride Agenda said in January that it had received assurances from Gillibrand that she also supports it.
Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry--an umbrella, national-level group that supports and coordinates state-level gay marriage initiatives--told me: "I don' think this bill is just about Gov. Paterson, I think this bill is about Sen. Schumer and Sen. Gillibrand, and every statewide senate official who...campaigned for office on a pledge that if the Democrats win control of the Senate that they would" support a gay marriage bill.
As the New York Daily News points out, this could be a problem for Gillibrand, who must win a statewide election in 2010 to retain her seat.
Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry--an umbrella, national-level group that supports and coordinates state-level gay marriage initiatives--told me: "I don' think this bill is just about Gov. Paterson, I think this bill is about Sen. Schumer and Sen. Gillibrand, and every statewide senate official who...campaigned for office on a pledge that if the Democrats win control of the Senate that they would" support a gay marriage bill.
As the New York Daily News points out, this could be a problem for Gillibrand, who must win a statewide election in 2010 to retain her seat.
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