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NY Papers: Marriage Is Close (Or Not)

New York Daily News: Senate Republicans on Wednesday were close to signing off on a religious protection provision that could boost the chances that gay marriage will pass in New York. “We’re close on language that I believe satisfactorily addresses the issue,” said Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-S.I.), who remains undecided on the issue. Some senators have said such tweaks could …

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FLASHBACK: Crazy Eyes Spies On Gays

Buzzfeed reminds us of the incident in which then state legislator Michele Bachmann squatted down in some bushes to spy on an LGBT rights rally in Minneapolis. Bachmann later claimed she wasn’t hiding, she was “resting her heels.”

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REPORT: 32nd Vote Secured In NY Senate

So claims the Knickerbocker Ledger: A name has not yet been released, but sources close to those with the New York State Republican Conference have confirmed a thirty-second vote has been “secured” for the passage of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Marriage Equality Act. As the Senate goes through what is being called “the big ugly” – property cap reform, tuition …

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