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Lighting Up the Night for Marriage Equality

January 5, 2009

On December 20th, State Senator Tom Duane and I took part in a powerful event organized by Join the Impact, a grassroots national organization that is fighting for marriage equality. The march and rally was coined “Light Up the Night for Equality” and hundreds of LGBT people and their friends braved some pretty cold temperatures to march from Bryant Park to Times Square and rally for marriage rights. In the video above, Senator Duane’s remarks start at about 2:30 and mine start at about 3:15.

The event was a national one with similar rallies being held all over the country. The candles were held in vigil in rememberance of the rights that may have been lost to the over 18,000 couples in California whose legal status is now up in the air after the passage of the homophobic Proposition 8 last November.

Last year, I was proud to be part of history and vote in favor of same-sex marriage when the bill sponsored by Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell was passed by the New York State Assembly. While there is a long way to go until same-sex couples can legally marry in New York (the New York State Senate must also pass the bill before the Governor can sign it into law), step by step we are coming closer to marriage equality.

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Written by Micah · Filed Under Blogroll, Community, Events, Video 

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One Response to “Lighting Up the Night for Marriage Equality”

  1. Wendy Stark on January 22nd, 2009 1:51 pm

    Hello, Assemblymember Kellner -

    Just wanted to say thank you for your work on the marriage equality issue as well as on the ambulette services. That was a great story about your constituent, the intervention you performed on her behalf, and the formation of the Kellner bill.

    Best regards,
    Wendy Stark
    Executive Director
    Callen-Lorde Community Health Center

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