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Title: Marriage within reach
Post by: Natasha on June 27, 2008, 03:14:30 AM
Marriage within reach

http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_269/editorial.html
6/27/2008

"As L.G.B.T. Pride Month culminates with this Sunday's Fifth Ave. parade, there is much to celebrate. In the past month, Governor David Paterson has ordered all state agencies to develop a blueprint for ensuring that any gay or lesbian couple legally married outside New York will have their unions recognized as marriages here. And, after five years, a transgender civil rights bill has finally been approved by the Democratic-controlled State Assembly."