Lobbying LI state senators on gay marriage
Photo credit: AP | Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, waits in the NY Senate chamber in Albany. (June 11, 2009)
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ALBANY - Advocates for same-sex marriage say the Long Island delegation will be key not only to bringing the issue to a Senate vote this year, but also its passage.
"It's not only key, but it has to happen that way," said Jeff Friedman, president of Marriage Equality New York, a political-action committee, meaning that his side is sunk without Long Island support. The group had 300 members...
