Same-sex marriage is now legal in New York after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that was narrowly passed by state lawmakers Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.New York becomes the sixth state where gay couples can wed and the biggest by far.
The New York bill cleared the Republican-controlled state Senate on a 33-29 vote. The Democrat-led Assembly, which passed a different version last week, on Friday adopted the amendments added by the Senate that created stronger religious exemptions.(keep reading)
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