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New York Times:
Gay Marriage Approved by N.Y. Senate — ALBANY — Lawmakers voted late Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed, and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where it was born.
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NY Daily News:
Gay marriage legal in New York State after Senate passes historic bill 33-29 — ALBANY - New York made history last night as the State Senate voted “aye” on gay marriage. — Senators passed the bill 33 to 29 as the normally somnolent chambers erupted in a raucous chant of “USA! USA!”
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ThinkProgress:
New York Passes Same Sex Marriage Bill: Population Living Under Equality More Than Doubles — Moments ago, in a vote of 33 to 29, the New York Senate passed a marriage equality bill, thereby doubling the number of Americans living in a state where gay and lesbian people can marry.
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Crooks and Liars, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, The BRAD BLOG and Towleroad News #gay
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The arc of history bends towards justice in N.Y. — Six down, 44 to go. … The final vote was 33 to 29. New York joins Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the District of Columbia as the only places in the U.S. where same-sex couples can get legally married.
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The Huffington Post and The Moderate Voice
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Historic N.Y. vote is a win for Cuomo, gay rights activists — Striking what advocates believe is a historic victory for gay rights, New York on Friday approved same-sex marriage, making the Empire State the sixth and largest state to allow gays and lesbians to marry
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LGBTQ Nation and The Moderate Voice
City Room:
Consensus Reached on Religious Exemptions in Gay Marriage Bill — ALBANY — The Cuomo administration and legislative leaders have reached agreement on language to protect religious institutions from obligations to recognize same-sex marriage, two people involved in the negotiations said on Friday afternoon …
CNN:
New York governor signs same-sex marriage bill into law — Albany, New York (CNN) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the state's marriage equality bill hours after it passed the Republican-controlled Senate on Friday night, making it the sixth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage.
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
New York Conservative Party Chairman Predicts Passage of Same Sex Marriage Bill — Mike Long, the chairman of the New York Conservative Party and a leading opponent of the bill to institue same sex marriage in New York, tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the bill will likely pass “by the end of the night.”
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Towleroad News #gay, ThinkProgress and Gawker
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
New York legalizes same-sex marriage in win for gay rights advocates
New York legalizes same-sex marriage in win for gay rights advocates
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Mary Snow / CNN:
New York legislators approve same-sex marriage
New York Times:
N.Y. State Senate to Vote on Same-Sex Marriage
N.Y. State Senate to Vote on Same-Sex Marriage
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Queerty, Gawker, Sky Dancing, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Volokh Conspiracy and Towleroad News #gay
Nick Reisman / Capital Tonight:
When Will Same-Sex Marriage Be Voted On?
When Will Same-Sex Marriage Be Voted On?
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The Lonely Conservative, LGBTQ Nation and AMERICAblog Gay
John Burger / The Daily Register:
Archbishop Dolan on Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Vote
Archbishop Dolan on Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Vote
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ThinkProgress, The Reality-Based Community and Joe. My. God.
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Gay marriage bill moves to New York senate floor
Gay marriage bill moves to New York senate floor
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LGBTQ Nation, Las Vegas Blog and Salon
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
GOP Rep. McCarthy to Obama: ‘Get off the golf course’ and ‘get engaged’ — The No. 3 Republican leader in the House took President Obama to task Friday, claiming he should put the golf clubs down and get directly involved in the budget talks with Congress. — “He's got to get off …
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Weasel Zippers, Flap's Blog and HotAirPundit
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. Sessions challenges Obama to make debt-ceiling talks public
Catherine Dodge / Bloomberg:
House's McCarthy Says Obama Must ‘Show Leadership’ in Deficit Negotiations
House's McCarthy Says Obama Must ‘Show Leadership’ in Deficit Negotiations
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The Page
G-A-Y / Good As You:
Photo: Stonewall. Right now. 42 years later. — From G-A-Y pal Scott Wooledge: — [@Clarknt67] — Chills. — Another view, courtesy of Mel England: — [@melengland]
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Ben White / The Politico:
First look: Fear over Greece grows - New this morning: Bernanke numbers drop - Hot this morning: Oil bounces back - Boehner under pressure — MIND MELD: WHY WALL STREET HATES WASHINGTON - Bring up Washington's understanding of financial markets around Wall Street and you get rolled eyes and four-letter words.
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Katya Wachtel / CNBC:
Here's What Happened at That Big Dinner With Obama and the Hedge Funders
Here's What Happened at That Big Dinner With Obama and the Hedge Funders
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Firedoglake, Hullabaloo and The Lonely Conservative
Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
Queen of the Tea Party — The presidential campaign of Michele Bachmann — If she'd fallen backward, she'd have been killed. It was September 2009, during her second term in Congress, and a magazine had sent a photographer to shoot Michele Bachmann. He escorted her to the third floor rotunda …
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Power Line, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Washington Post
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Despite vote, majority of Congressmen want to defund the Libya war — Obama administration officials are claiming a partial victory today because the House rejected a measure to defund the Libya war, even after rejecting a separate measure that would have authorized the war.
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Jordan Howard / The Huffington Post:
Bachmann Takes Swipe At Romney On Abortion … WASHINGTON — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Friday that the 2012 elections was not the time for Republicans to nominate someone with a wavering record on abortion, alluding to one of her competitors in the race.
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A.Killough / CNN:
GOP candidates talk abortion
GOP candidates talk abortion
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Indianapolis Star:
Judge stays abortion law that defunded Planned Parenthood — A federal judge has halted enforcement of a law cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood of Indiana and other entities that provide abortions. — The ruling by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on Friday night means Planned Parenthood …
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Crooks and Liars and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
The Failure of Al Gore: Part One — It must be as perplexing to his many admirers as it is frustrating to himself that a man of Vice President Gore's many talents, great skills and strong beliefs is one of the most consistent losers in American politics. — “All political careers end in failure …
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Ynetnews:
Report: Bushehr experts killed in Russian plane crash — Iranian nuclear efforts suffer major setback as five leading figures in design of its nuclear facilities perish in crash — Five Russian scientists who assisted in the design of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant were among …