Closer! NY Assembly Voted 89-52 for Same Sex Marriage

This is not a victory yet. It has to go to the state Senate, where a similar measure died two years ago.

CNN story here.

A bit more heartening, though, is that the previous Assembly vote was 85-61. Three Democrats switched their votes as did one Republican.

Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell (Rosie's brother, I believe?) said a very poignant thing regarding this bill:

I am seeking a piece of paper that is issued by my government that all of you have had. Some of you have had it two or three times, some of you are running for governor managed to marry their cousin and all that's ok. But I don't get one. So it's not about anybody's religion. This is about 'by the power vested in me by the State of New York.'

Source: Gothamist