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June 27, 2011

New York Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage, Tens Of Thousands March In Celebration 
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Tens of thousands of New Yorkers marched on Sunday to celebrate the
state's new law legalizing same sex marriages. New York Gov. Andrew
Cuomo signed the legislation Friday night shortly after the
Republican-controlled state senate passed the measure in a 33 to 29
vote. New York becomes the sixth state in the nation — and by far the
most populous — to legalize same-sex marriages. At Sunday's Pride
march in New York City, Heather and Leah Griffin celebrated the passage
of the new law.

Heather Griffin, New York resident: "It's just great to be able to get
married in our own home state. We both have lived here our whole lives
and it just means so much that our state actually recognizes us as
people and as a couple."

Leah Griffin, New York resident: "It's a validation of who we are."



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