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Paterson Will Introduce Same-Sex Marriage Bill - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
If he actually follows through on this and gets it passed, that will be the second great thing he's done in his term. It looks unlikely though:
Still, I'd like to get people on the record with their position on this so the Dems in the Senate who ran on a platform of legalizing gay marriage have to answer for their reversals.
Gov. David A. Paterson on Thursday will announce plans to introduce legislation to legalize same-sex marriage, according to people with knowledge of the governor’s plans.
Mr. Paterson’s move, which he first signaled last week after Vermont became the fourth state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, reflects the governor’s desire to press the issue with lawmakers in Albany as other states move ahead with efforts to grant more civil rights to homosexuals.
If he actually follows through on this and gets it passed, that will be the second great thing he's done in his term. It looks unlikely though:
The fact that Mr. Paterson is introducing a bill does not, however, mean that action in the Legislature is imminent. It could take months — even longer — before the bill makes its way through the appropriate committees and onto the floor of the Senate and the Assembly.
“This is not a guarantee of anything,” said Assemblyman Micah Z. Kellner, a Democrat from the Upper East Side who noted that it took two months for legislation legalizing same-sex marriage to get through the Assembly in 2007 before it ultimately stalled. The Senate never acted on the bill.
The legislation is likely to have an especially bumpy ride in the Senate, where more lawmakers oppose same-sex marriage than support it. Gay rights advocates are now actively seeking more senators, both Democrats and Republicans, to vote for the bill.
Still, I'd like to get people on the record with their position on this so the Dems in the Senate who ran on a platform of legalizing gay marriage have to answer for their reversals.