N.Y. Assembly passes 'gay marriage'

N.Y. Assembly passes 'gay marriage'
by Erin Roach

ALBANY, N.Y. (BP)--New York became only the second state in which a legislative chamber has voted to legalize "gay marriage," as the state Assembly passed a measure by an 85-61 margin June 19 to allow homosexual couples to receive marriage licenses in the state.

The measure won't have any immediate effect, though, because the leader of the Republican-dominated state Senate reiterated his opposition to the bill and said it would not come up for a vote in his chamber before the end of the annual legislative session.

Carrie Gordon Earll, senior director for issue analysis with Focus on the Family Action, told Baptist Press New York Assembly members are headed down the wrong road.

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