Sentences with phrase «equality votes in the state»
``... There are 26 pro-marriage equality votes in the state Senate.
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The state Assembly had voted for marriage equality in 2007 and 2009.
New equalities minister Caroline Dinenage has stated that she now supports equal marriage — having voted against it in 2013.
Last week, the state Assembly voted to pass marriage equality in New York, affirming their commitment to fairness and equal rights for same - sex couples.
Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., the only Democrat in the New York State Senate who voted against the marriage equality bill in 2011, has been busy lately supporting evangelical minister Erick Salgado in his long - shot bid to become the next mayor of NYC.
Here's some brief, shaky video of the demonstration held yesterday at New York state senator Carl Kruger's home in Queens in response to his «no» vote on marriage equality.
State Senator Tom Duane of Manhattan, the openly gay, hyper - vocal proponent of marriage equality, said yesterday that he's received private assurances from at least 32 of his colleagues that they will vote in favor of a marriage - equality bill introduced by Governor Paterson and recently passed by the State Assembly.
The Empire State Pride Agenda, the Human Rights Campaign, Freedom to Marry and Marriage Equality New York — will form a single organization called New Yorkers United for Marriage which will shortly undertake a coordinated effort to sway three Democrats and 12 Republicans who voted against marriage equality last year in an effort to pass it by early summer, the NYT reports:
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg again changes promises on what votes he can provide from Senate Republicans on marriage equality: «Less than a month after defending his support for Republican state senators, saying he could get their votes for gay marriage, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said conservatives in that body will not support what the mayor termed «our number one priority» at a recent campaign event with gay supporters.
«The Log Cabin Republicans announced Tuesday that the GOP's New York leadership in both the state senate and assembly are going to allow Republican legislators to make «conscience votes» on Gov. David Paterson's marriage - equality bill rather than pressuring party members to vote against it, giving the legislation a much stronger likelihood of picking up Republican votes in both chambers.
The new New York State Senate President Pedro Espada, Jr., who took power in the coup that occurred yesterday afternoon, said today that he would like to see marriage equality brought to a vote in the sState Senate President Pedro Espada, Jr., who took power in the coup that occurred yesterday afternoon, said today that he would like to see marriage equality brought to a vote in the statestate.
Following the madhouse in yesterday's New York Senate and the apparent seizure of power by Senate Republicans, Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan van Capelle has issued a statement calling for a vote from the legislative body on marriage equality:
Senator Ruben Diaz, the only Democrat in the New York State Senate to vote against the marriage equality bill, blamed the loss on fellow Christians who, he says, «pray too much and act too little,» the Christian Post reports:
Senator Ruben Diaz, the only Democrat in the New York State Senate to vote against the marriage equality bill, blamed the loss on fellow Christians who, he says, «pray too much and act too little,» the Christian Post reports: «Pastors... Read
Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., the only Democrat in the New York State Senate who voted against the marriage equality bill in 2011, has been busy lately supporting evangelical minister Erick Salgado in his long - shot bid to become the next mayor of NYC... Read
Marriage equality didn't get a vote today, but it wasn't because supporters at the state house in Albany were quiet.
The star is surrounded by a corking cast, which includes James Spader as a roguish lobbyist doing the president's dirty work in buying votes, David Strathairn as secretary of state William H Seward (one of that team of rivals) and Jared Harris as Ulysses S Grant; Tommy Lee Jones (pictured below) is a typically cantankerous hoot as Thaddeus Stevens, the radical abolitionist who sacrifices his ambitions for equality to Lincoln's more pragmatic recognition that «freedom comes first».
Schwarzenegger — who in all fairness has been a firm supporter of gay equality — points out that the people of California voted five years ago to prevent the state from recognizing same - sex marriages, so the courts or the people will have to make the final call now.