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Title: Paterson Pledges Support for Marriage Equality
Post by: Natasha on April 08, 2008, 11:57:19 PM
Paterson Pledges Support for Marriage Equality

http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid53260.asp
4/9/2008

"In accepting his New York Leadership Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force on Monday night, newly installed governor David Paterson announced that he would continue to push for full marriage equality for LGBT New Yorkers, according to a Task Force press release."
Title: NEW YORK GOV. DAVID PATERSON ‘HELD HOSTAGE’ TO ALBANY BUDGET PROCESS, SENDS EXTR
Post by: Shana A on April 09, 2008, 06:52:08 AM
NEW YORK GOV. DAVID PATERSON 'HELD HOSTAGE' TO ALBANY BUDGET PROCESS, SENDS EXTRAORDINARY MESSAGE TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ADVOCATES
by: NGLTF, OIA Newswire

http://www.outinnyc.com/home/news.asp?articleid=31914 (http://www.outinnyc.com/home/news.asp?articleid=31914)

"We will push on until we bring full marriage equality to New York state."
- New York Gov. David A. Paterson

NEW YORK, April 8 - New York Gov. David Paterson addressed a standing-room-only audience at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's New York Leadership Awards last night, in which he was honored for his longstanding work on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights.

"Held hostage" to the Albany budget process, Paterson sent an extraordinary message via video to the assembled crowd. Remembering that this year commemorates the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and remembering King's legacy of "his ability to go beyond the issues of his neighborhood," Paterson urged "New York's civil rights leaders to recognize that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities deserve equal rights as well."