One year ago this weekend the New York State Senate voted to legalize marriage equality for gays and lesbians in New York State with four Republican senators joining the affirmative vote. Across the state and from coast to coast in America, the LGBT community celebrated all night long. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill late in the evening before midnight. Legal marriages began on July 24th, 2011. New York State had already determined it recognized legal marriages from other jurisdictions.
Since then thousands have married, including New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn who married her long time girlfriend Kim Catullo on May 19th this year.
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