Albany G.O.P. Leader Is Guest of Gay Group
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/nyregion/17gays.html?ref=nyregion (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/nyregion/17gays.html?ref=nyregion)
By DANNY HAKIM
Published: September 16, 2008
Dean G. Skelos, the State Senate majority leader and the Albany Legislature's top Republican, reiterated his opposition to gay marriage on Tuesday night but attended a fund-raiser for a prominent Republican gay and lesbian group as he sought to broaden his party's appeal for the fall elections.
Mr. Skelos, of Long Island, said he would take up and pass legislation aimed at preventing bullying of gay and lesbian students in schools. The predominantly Democratic Assembly has passed such legislation for several years, but it has long been stalled in the Senate. This month, New York City put similar rules in place for its schools.