New York's state senate approved a same-sex marriage bill late Friday, a powerful victory for the move to legalize gay marriage in one of the most populous states of the union.
New York's state senate approved a same-sex marriage bill late Friday, a powerful victory for the move to legalize gay marriage in one of the most populous states of the union.
Cheers erupted in the galleries when the Republican-controlled senate voted 33-29 on the measure, approved after weeks of intense wrangling. The 29 Democratic senators were joined by four Republicans, one more than the minimum needed to get the bill approved.
