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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com March 09, 2011
Cuomo to Hold Marriage Strategy Session
By Julie Bolcer
ANDREW CUOMO X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has called a confidential meeting with some
advocates Wednesday in order to strategize how to pass the marriage equality
bill.
The New York Times reported on the meeting in Albany, which will include the
governor and about a dozen of the state’s leading marriage equality
advocates.
“Mr. Cuomo’s participation, which was confirmed on Tuesday by his
spokesman, Josh Vlasto, is viewed as the strongest evidence yet of his
commitment to passing same-sex marriage this year, despite its rejection by
the legislature in 2009,” according to the Times.
Last month, Cuomo indicated that he would like to see the Republican-
controlled senate pass the marriage equality bill by June. No Republicans
publicly support the bill at this point. Two years ago, the bill failed by a
38-24 vote in the Democratic-controlled senate.
According to the Times, “On Wednesday, during the strategy session, the
governor will meet with Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the City Council,
who is openly gay; Brian Ellner, who is pushing for same-sex marriage in
New York for the Human Rights Campaign, a national advocacy group; Ross D.
Levi, the head of the state’s leading gay rights organization, the Empire
State Pride Agenda; and Richard Socarides, a former Clinton administration
official and president of Equality Matters, a new advocacy group. Lawmakers
who have sponsored the marriage legislation in the past, like Assemblyman
Daniel O’Donnell and Senator Tom Duane, are expected to attend as well,
according to those told of the meeting.” |
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