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Activists seek Senate vote on same-sex marriage
Quick ReadGay rights activists insisted Wednesday that the State Senate vote this year on legalizing same-sex marriage even if the bill is likely to fail.
Photo credit: Getty Images | A Jewish man wears a rainbow kippah during a recent Gay Pride parade. (Nov. 7, 2009)
2009 Gay Pride Parade in NYC, around the world
Gov. David Paterson on LI and in NY
ALBANY - Gay rights activists insisted Wednesday that the State Senate vote this year on legalizing same-sex marriage even if the bill is likely to fail.
They said they wanted senators to take a public stand on unions between two men or two women. They also vowed to work in 2010 for the defeat of senators who vote "no" on the marriage bill.
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