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Married couples at a record low in US Carol Morello The Washington Post 12/14/2011	New York to Open Gay-Marriage Era as Lottery Winners Celebrate Esmé E. Deprez Bloomberg.com 07/21/2011
The proportion of adults who are married has plunged to record lows as more people decide to live together now and wed later, reflecting decades of evolving attitudes about the role of marriage in society.	Two grooms and two brides now adorn mugs, rubber duckies and snow globes in the souvenir shop of the City Clerk’s office in Manhattan as New York state prepares to allow same-sex couples to marry.
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New York braces for flurry of same-sex weddings Cathy Lynn Grossman USA Today 07/10/2011	New York mayor to preside at same sex wedding on July 24 Jessica Rinaldi, Johnathan Allen Reuters 07/07/2011
After years of bucolic images of New England and Iowa same-sex weddings, New York's gay couples are pushing the glamour factor as they race to the altar to legally wed at last, beginning July 24.	New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will officiate at the wedding of two city officials on July 24, the first day same sex couples can legally marry in the state.
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Same-Sex Marriage License Applications Online My FOX NY 07/04/2011	New York Gay Marriages May Energize Opposition in Other States Margaret Newkirk Bloomberg.com 06/29/2011
The New York City Clerk's Office will begin accepting online applications on July 5 for same-sex marriage licenses.	The New York Senate’s vote last week to legalize same-sex marriage won’t prompt similar laws in other states and may touch off a national backlash, according to gay- rights advocates across the U.S.
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Triumphant NY governor hailed at gay pride parade New York Post 06/26/2011	Gay marriage legal in New York State after Senate passes historic bill 33-29 New York Daily News 06/24/2011
One of the world's oldest and largest gay pride parades turned into a carnival-like celebration of same-sex marriage Sunday as hundreds of thousands of revelers rejoiced at New York's new law giving gay couples the same marital rights as everyone else.	New York made history last night as the State Senate voted "aye" on gay marriage. Senators passed the bill 33 to 29 as the normally somnolent chambers erupted in a raucous chant of "USA! USA!" "As I have said many times, this is a very difficult issue and it will be a vote of conscience for every member of the Senate," said GOP Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Nassau).
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President Obama backs rights for gay couples in New York fundraiser CNN 06/23/2011	New York state Senate again delays gay marriage vote Dan Wiessner Reuters 06/23/2011
President Barack Obama took his act to New York on Thursday as the featured attraction at three back-to-back fundraisers, where he touted his progressive credentials, including support for equal rights for gay couples.	The New York state Senate again put off a vote on legalizing same-sex marriage on Thursday, and the Republican Senate leader said lawmakers would meet again on Friday to decide what to do.
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