Parsing Paterson On Gay Marriage

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/12/parsing-paterson-on-gay-marria.html
Elizabeth Benjamin
12/5/2008

It now appears fairly certain that legislation to legalize gay marriage is on indefinite hold in the Senate as the result of the deal brokered by Senate Majority Leader-in-waiting Malcolm Smith and the Gang of Three.

A source close to the gang said the plan is to have the same-sex marriage bill introduced, determined to have fiscal implications (although I'm not exactly certain what those might be) and referred to the Finance Committee, which, assuming the agreement between the gang and Smith sticks, will be headed by Sen. Carl Kruger, who could stop the measure in its tracks.