Join the Fight for Marriage Equality in NY
In the coming weeks, New York State has a historic opportunity to pass marriage equality. We've tried before, as recently as 2009, but we came up just short. But this time, the wind is at our backs and every day it feels like momentum is building.
The timing couldn't be better for passage of marriage equality in New York. Polls consistently show majority support among New Yorkers for marriage. And Governor Cuomo, who is working hard to build a coalition of support and lobby lawmakers, has called for a vote in the state legislature before the current term ends at the end of June.
But we're not there yet. As we learned from the experience in 2009, as well as what happened in California and Maine, you can never take anything for granted and we must never underestimate our opposition. So I need your help. So many of my constituents -- straight and LGBT alike -- are counting on you.
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