Sentences with phrase «marriage bill»

A separate conference on whether a same - sex marriage bill brought to the floor for a vote is expected later today.

-- I asked if he would commit to bringing the gay marriage bill back to the floor in 2011.

Meanwhile, he says he hasn't seen a final copy of the religious exemption amendment for the same - sex marriage bill which already passed his chamber.

He rarely appeared on national or even local television shows, even after his successful passage of a same - sex - marriage bill made news around the country.

Passage of the same - sex marriage bill will not end this debate, it will just begin it.

The «child marriage bill» was among the most - debated issues in the 2018 legislative session.

But state lawmakers passed a gay marriage bill this year.

Today's same - sex marriage bill vote will help to prove the point.

«I just wanted the commitment that the same - sex marriage bill will not come to the floor for a vote,» he wrote.

Chelsea Clinton's volunteer stint yesterday came on the heels of her father's announcement of support for passage of a gay marriage bill in New York.

He noted that Nixon herself after the gay marriage bill passed in 2011 publicly praised Cuomo for getting it done.

In Maryland, black religious leaders helped derail a gay marriage bill last year.

And the governor was able to convince Senate Leader Skelos to put a same sex marriage bill on the floor for a vote, where it passed.

Remember: Eight Democrats voted «no» when the gay marriage bill came up for a vote in the Senate last December and died, 24 - 38.

Just yesterday, the governor suggested it would be tougher for him to broker an agreement on minimum wage that it was to push the same - sex marriage bill through last summer.

Home Office minister Baroness Williams of Trafford offered support to the Registration of Marriage Bill, which seeks to implement reforms to move from a paper - based system to an electronic register.

Clinton's statement was released by the Human Rights Campaign, which is leading New Yorkers for Marriage Equality — the coordinated campaign spearheaded by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that is lobbying the Senate to pass the gay marriage bill before the legislative session ends in June.

Russell appeared on CapTon last night and offered the following advice to her colleagues across the Capitol who might be struggling with how they'll vote on a same - sex marriage bill if it comes to the floor:

Representatives from CSEA, PEF, NYSUT, SEIU, and others joined the Empire State Pride Agenda's push to convince the legislature to pass a same - sex marriage bill by the end of the session.

Australia's parliament voted down an equal marriage bill last week in a vote of 98 to 42.

A same - sex marriage bill failed in the Senate in 2009, 38 - 24; a companion bill has been approved in the Assembly three times.

This time around though, Republican Senator James Alessi of Western New York has stated publicly he will support the gay marriage bill when role is called, something that could happen before the legislative session ends this week.

If you want my honest opinion, [the Senate leadership is unlikely to move a gay marriage bill] when I don't see these guys willing to stand up for less controversial issues.»

So, the question stands: Will the Assembly be able to get the 76 votes it needs if and when the gay marriage bill returns to the floor?

As a landmark gay marriage bill hurtled toward an uncertain vote last year, New York's Democratic leaders scrambled to corral support.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York signed a same - sex marriage bill into law late Friday in his office at the State Capitol.

Let me know when Obama claims to have run because god told him too, or when Obama calls for 3 days of prayer to end a drought or signs an anti-gay marriage bill on a sunday in a christian school.

But Gov. John Lynch, a three - term Democrat, said last week he would sign a same - sex marriage bill only if it provides «the strongest and clearest protections for religious institutions and associations, and for the individuals working with such institutions.»

Fulton, 53, said she was getting married at the academy because «West Point has been an important part of my life,» but also because Republican Gov. Chris Christie in her home state of New Jersey vetoed a gay marriage bill earlier this year.

And that might be why Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. says he feels «comfortable that everything's going to be OK» when asked whether his demands that a gay marriage bill not be brought to the floor for a vote were met.

So far, Andrews is not seeing an influx of cash from gay donors, who filled McDonald's campaign coffers after his «yes» vote on the same - sex marriage bill helped pass the measure in the GOP - controlled state Senate last year.

Sam Arora (D - Montgomery County)-- who raised a ton of cash from the gay community and progressives based on his stance on marriage equality and who is a co-sponsor of the same - sex marriage bill now about to come up for a vote — tweeted, «Hearing from constituents, friends.

Two openly gay members of the state Assembly refuse to sponsor a gay - marriage bill out of fear of alienating Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Recall that LGBT donors poured more than $ 1 million into the Senate Democrats» campaign coffers back in 2008 in hopes that flipping the chamber into their hands would improve the chances of seeing a gay marriage bill past.

That led to a lawsuit from a local lesbian couple who did not appreciate the fact that they needed to wait to get a license after the gay marriage bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo became law in late July.

In Reversal, 3 Democratic Senators Will Back Gay Marriage [City Room / NYT] GOP swings both ways on gay - marriage bill [NYP]

But the presence of three Catholics at the helm in Annapolis hasn't stopped a same - sex marriage bill from wending its way through the legislature, triggering deep disappointment among church leaders as it suggests a waning of Catholic influence in this heavily Catholic state.

In 2007, a Republican - controlled Senate left Albany without voting on a gay marriage bill after the Assembly had passed it for the first time.

The Republicans initially cited «Obamacare» in the wake of the same - sex marriage bill passage as the reason why they wouldn't follow the Assembly's lead last summer and pass the health care exhange bill, even though one of their veteran members, Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon, had been involved in drafting the measure and supported it.

In 2011, thanks to a major push by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Senate passed the same - sex marriage bill with four «yes» votes from GOP lawmakers.

Once all that gets squared away, the Senate might — and might not — decide to put a gay marriage bill onto the floor for a vote.

It turns out that Eich contributed $ 1,000 to California's controversial Proposition 8, an anti-same-sex marriage bill that passed with broad voter support in 2008, and which became the basis for one of the gay marriage cases argued before the Supreme Court in 2013.

I do nt think Obama ever claimed to run because god told him too, or that Obama would sign an anti gay marriage bill inside a christian school on a sunday.

Baroness Northover, the UK government's Women and Equalities spokesperson replied: «My noble friend will know that the [gay] Marriage Bill sought to protect the position of religious organisations and that this is a matter for the Church of England.

I spoke about this to Levi, who said the Assembly Democrats came to ESPA during the elections and expressed concern that their expected losses would leave their margins thin — and their marginals under pressure — making it difficult to pass the gay marriage bill again.

Backers of the same - sex marriage bill also expressed concern about an e-mail that Dwyer sent to churches and religious groups that included an attached pamphlet called «What - same - sex «marriage» has done to Massachusetts.»

Cardinal Dolan said Sunday that he felt «burned» by Senate Republicans in Albany who'd assured him that same - sex marriage bill didn't have much of a chance to pass.

MANHATTAN — Supporters of the same - sex marriage bill gathered in Union Square Monday night to urge state senators to bring the bill to a vote on Tuesday.

He accused Saland of being a «a liberal Democrat collaborator,» which I interpret as a not - so - veiled reference to Saland's crossing of the aisle last summer along with three GOP colleagues to vote «yes» on the same - sex marriage bill championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

McDonald voted against a same - sex marriage bill while in the Assembly, and also against the 2009 Senate bill.