Not over til it's over ... but New York is poised to be the 6th state to extend marriage equality to its citizens.
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AND IT PASSED -- thanks be to God
ReplyDeleteJust goes to show that calls and emails and letters and signs and standing in Senate hallways - over and over - helps to inch the arc closer to justice. Thanks be to God for all NY'ers who worked for this. In the Diocese of Rochester particularly Bp. Prince Singh and Neil Houghton.
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