New York State has recognized marriages between two men or two women since 2008 but now one State Senator from Brooklyn is trying to end that—just as the fight to bring marriage equality is heating back up in Albany. Republican Senator Martin Golden says his proposed legislation isn't about the current fight going on, rather it is "a message to the people of the state of New York that there's at least some normalcy within this great state, the Empire State, and in the state Senate."
Golden's legislation has no chance of going anywhere—both the Governor and the State Assembly are distinctly for marriage equality—but it does seem to be a smack in the face of Mayor Bloomberg as he is generally close with Golden and was just in Albany trying to drum up support for the cause.
"The mayor knows fully where I stand on the marriage issue," Golden said when asked about their relationship. And Golden certainly knows where the mayor stands. "We oppose this legislation, and the chance it becomes law is zero," Bloomberg spokesman Mark Botnick said.
Meanwhile a new Sienna poll shows New Yorkers support marriage equality by 54-42 percent, down from the last Sienna poll (before the rallys and the ad campaigns) but up compared to the last NY1/Marist poll which saw the population pretty well well split on the issue.
