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Monday, July 23, 2012  New York became the largest state to legalize gay marriage a year ago. Supporters hoped it would boost national momentum and pump money into the state with a flurry of weddings from Manhattan to Niagara Falls.

Thursday, August 11, 2011  Now that the protests are silenced, the politics is over and scores of gay weddings are in photo albums, a poll shows opposition appears to be softening against New York's landmark gay marriage law and even Republicans are split on whether it should be overturned by a pending lawsuit.

Monday, July 25, 2011  Opponents of New York's gay marriage law are suing to overturn it one day after weddings began.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  A local gay couple who was married in Vermont two years ago explains why they feel God would approve of their relationship.

Saturday, June 25, 2011  Same-sex marriage is now legal in New York after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that was narrowly passed by state lawmakers Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the American gay rights movement was born.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  Dozens of gay couples are planning to converge on Albany Thursday to witness what would be a historic vote to legalize gay marriage in New York, the sixth state to do so and a potential bellwether in the national gay rights movement.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011  It's a familiar scene with a major twist: New York lawmakers meet behind closed doors in the frantic last days of a six-month legislative session with a big pile of seemingly unconnected issues on the table in front of them.

Monday, June 20, 2011  Hundreds of raucous demonstrators on both sides of the divisive gay-marriage debate are jamming the halls of New York's Capitol as Senate Republicans consider whether to vote on the issue.