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Posted by streetcarman1 on Tue Jul 24 21:28:35 2012, in response to Re: Chick-fil-A Fires Back At Jim Henson Co., posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jul 24 20:08:32 2012. From the NYTIMES.COM:July 24, 2012 Over 10,000 Couples Were Given Licenses in the First Year of Gay Marriage By KATE TAYLOR More than 10,000 gay and lesbian couples were issued marriage licenses in New York State in the year since same-sex marriage was legalized. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Tuesday that at least 7,184 same-sex couples had been issued licenses in New York City since July 24, 2011, when the state’s Marriage Equality Act took effect. In the rest of the state, as of July 16, at least 3,424 same-sex couples had received licenses, according to the State Health Department. The actual numbers, though, are probably higher, since people are not required to report their sex on marriage license applications. Mr. Bloomberg noted the anniversary of the Marriage Equality Act at a news conference outside the city clerk’s office in Lower Manhattan, where he was joined by several gay lawmakers: the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, whose wedding in May was attended by the mayor and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo; Assemblyman Daniel J. O’Donnell of Manhattan, who married in New York City in January; and City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, who plans to marry on Saturday. The mayor said the city had become a destination for same-sex weddings, benefiting the economy. Of the same-sex couples who were issued marriage licenses here, he said, 35 percent lived outside the Middle Atlantic States and 7 percent lived outside the United States. “New York has always been a great place to get married,” he said. “Now that we’ve achieved marriage equality, more and more couples from around the country and around the world are coming here to get hitched.” Even as he celebrated a year of same-sex marriages in New York, Mr. Bloomberg said there was still work to be done in achieving equality, citing in particular the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which means that same-sex marriages are not recognized by the federal government. He said, “Speaker Christine Quinn believes that government should bestow upon her marriage license all the rights and privileges that come with any other marriage license, and I could not agree more.” Mr. Bloomberg called Ms. Quinn, a likely candidate to succeed him, “one of the strongest leaders” in the push for same-sex marriage. She returned the compliment, calling Mr. Bloomberg “by far the best mayor the L.G.B.T. community has ever had in the city’s history.” During the news conference, Rich Lamb, a reporter for WCBS radio, started to ask a question about same-sex divorce. The mayor cut him off, saying it was “much too early to tell” what the rate of divorce would be among same-sex couples. When Mr. Lamb persisted, Ms. Quinn took the microphone. “Let’s just reflect, Rich, you are the Debbie Downer of this news conference,” she said. |
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