Governor Spitzer of New York Keeps an Election Promise of Equality

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	Governor Spitzer of New York Keeps an Election Promise of Equality

zasel

4-30-2007 1:52 AM

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Elliot Spitzer, the new governor of New York State has kept an election campaign promise and has introduced legislation permitting same-sex marriage in his state. There are questions as to whether or not it will pass the legislature, but the governor seems determined to see equality happen in New York. Times, they are a changin'.

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