Crossing fingers for this to be NY’s year and hoping the Rhode Island’s back door deal don’t show up here.
Openly gay New York Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell on Tuesday launched his fourth effort to legalize marriage for same-sex couples in the Empire State. O’Donnell has led successful votes on similar bills three times, only to see the drive for marriage equality die in the State Senate.
A coalition of statewide and national LGBT groups, backed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, are pushing hard to pass a marriage bill in the waning days of the current legislative session, according to the New York Times:
Gay rights advocates gathered in Albany on Monday to rally near the Capitol and to lobby legislators individually. Lawmakers in both chambers had been deferring to Mr. Cuomo, who has made legalizing same-sex marriage a top priority and this week began a statewide tour to bolster support for that and other issues, to introduce his own bill. But at a time when no Senate Republican has yet voiced support for a same-sex marriage bill — and prospects for victory seem uncertain at best — Mr. Cuomo has held off, with the apparent support of advocates and Senate Democrats who support the bill.
“It is obvious that now, more than ever before, the people cannot, and will not, wait any longer for our government to enshrine equality for all in our state’s laws,” Mr. O’Donnell said in a statement.
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