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N.Y. legalizes gay marriage The state Senate voted to legalize same-sex marriage, delivering a significant victory to the gay rights movement and making New York the largest state to permit such unions.
Annalise Forbes, 3, holds a sign with her mom Rebecca Forbes during a rally on Saturday, June 25, 2011, outside First English Lutheran Church. At left is her other mom, Kate Forbes.
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Henry Peralta attends Harlem Pride 2011 dressed as a bride on Saturday in New York.
Mary Altaffer
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A man poses for a friend's photograph with a rainbow flag after the New York Senate passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
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People celebrate inside Manhattan's Stonewall Inn after the New York Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage.
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Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., after the Senate voted to allow gay marriages in the state.
Hans Pennink
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Revelers bring out a banner to celebrate the passage of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage outside the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Manhattan.
John Minchillo
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Tim Doody, of Manhattan's West Village, performs for the crowd outside the Stonewall Inn moments before the passage of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
John Minchillo
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People celebrate inside the Stonewall Inn after the New York Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage.
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A couple celebrate inside the Stonewall Inn after the New York Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage.
LUCAS JACKSON
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REUTERS
Revelers celebrate in Manhattan's West Village after the passage of the same-sex marriage bill by a state Senate vote of 33 to 29 in New York.
Louis Lanzano
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Colin Cunliffe, left, and Brewter Mccall celebrate outside the Stonewall Inn in New York.
John Minchillo
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Rebecca Jones, of Northhampton, Mass., left, and Veronica Thoms, of Pelham, N.Y., celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York outside the Stonewall Inn.
John Minchillo
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The annual Drag March arrived before the passage of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in New York outside the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan on Friday.
John Minchillo
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Revelers celebrate the passage of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in New York outside the Stonewall Inn.
John Minchillo
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Revelers celebrate the passage of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in New York outside the Stonewall Inn.
John Minchillo
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AP
Tammy Lloyd-Preddice, of Middlegrove, N.Y., left, and Marci Tebbano of Albany, N.Y., celebrate after the Senate vote.
Hans Pennink
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June 24, 2011
People in the Senate gallery react to the passage of a measure legalizing same-sex marriage.
Mike Groll
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), center, hands pens to legislators at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y, after signing into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Behind Cuomo, from left, are Assemblyman Matthew Titone, Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell, Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, Sen. Thomas Duane and Sen. James Alesi.
Mike Groll
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June 24, 2011
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) reacts after Friday's vote to legalize gay marriage. Cuomo signed the bill into law shortly before midnight.
Opponents of same sex-marriage pray after the Senate vote.
Hans Pennink
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Spectators wait for Senate members to vote on the same-sex marriage bill during a session of the New York state Senate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y.
Hans Pennink
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AP
June 24, 2011
Gay marriage supporter Danielle Gannon, of Albany, N.Y., holds signs and chants in a hallway at the Capitol.
Mike Groll
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June 24, 2011
Father Anthony Joseph of the United Anglican Church in Gloversville, N.Y., an opponent of the same-sex marriage bill, prays in the hallway outside the Senate chamber.
Hans Pennink
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June 24, 2011
Gay marriage supporters and opponents hold signs in a hallway at the Capitol in Albany.
Mike Groll
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June 24, 2011
Sharon Wemple, of Rotterdam, N.Y., right, and other gay marriage supporters react in the New York Senate gallery upon hearing that the Senate would take a vote on the issue.
Mike Groll
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June 23, 2011
Members of the New York State Senate meet.
Mike Groll
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June 20, 2011
Protesters gather in Albany. Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said it was a “vote of conscience for every member of this Senate."
Hans Pennink
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June 20, 2011
The heavily Democratic Assembly had already approved one version of the measure and was expected to easily pass the new version.
Hans Pennink
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June 23, 2011
Gay marriage supporter Daniel Bracciale of New York wears tape over his mouth during a rally at the New York Capitol.
Mike Groll
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June 22, 2011
Doug Mackey, left, of the First United Methodist Church in Schenectady, N.Y., protests quietly in favor of the same-sex marriage bill.
Hans Pennink
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June 23, 2011
Gay marriage opponent Bernie Johnson of Albany, N.Y., holds his hand up while singing in a hallway.
Mike Groll
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June 23, 2011
An opponent to gay marriage holds a sign outside the Senate Chamber.
Mike Groll
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June 23, 2011
From left, gay rights advocates Sergio Llanos, of Queens; Vito Hernovich, of Manhattan; Christin Meador, of Manhattan; Malak Behrouznami, of Brooklyn; and Melanie Butler, of Brooklyn chant slogans during a rally for same sex marriage outside of a fundraiser with gay and lesbian advocates and President Obama.
Mary Altaffer
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June 23, 2011
Gay rights advocate Booker Garrett of Manhattan joins the rally outside the fundraiser.
Mary Altaffer
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