N.Y. GOP Leader Commits to Marriage Vote

Dan82 · Oct 13, 2010

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New York state senate Republican leader Dean Skelos said Tuesday that should his party win control of the chamber next month, he would bring the marriage equality bill to the floor again for an up-or-down vote, but he remains opposed to the bill.

Skelos spoke at a fund-raiser for the New York Log Cabin Republicans in Manhattan, where he predicted his party could win four or five senate seats in the November election and wrest control of the chamber from Democrats, who hold a slim 32-30 majority. Should Republicans return to the majority, which they held for more than 40 years until 2008, Skelos said he would recommend that the marriage equality bill get a vote regardless of whether the outcome is known in advance.

“I’ve always said that it will be a vote of conscience with our members, and subject to speaking to my conference, I would put the bill out for a vote again,” said Skelos, who added that he would once again oppose the bill...

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Emberstone · Oct 13, 2010

but remeber, they intend to vote no to gay marriage, as they already have.

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