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Supporters Celebrate Coming Of Same-Sex Marriage To New York (NY1)

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On Saturday, elected officials who supported the same-sex marriage bill in Albany celebrated with some of their constituents. NY1's Courtney Gross filed the following report.

One day after the approval of same-sex marriage in Albany, State Senator Tom Duane was ready to take a victory lap in Harlem.


"I have two kinds of happiness. There is my public happiness, which is authentic happiness, and I have my private happiness, because now I have the opportunity to have my family recognized legally," said Duane.

It is an opportunity the Manhattan lawmaker envisioned since he came out to his parents when he was 17.

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Complete article at NY1 : http://bit.ly/kmiquW