A majority of New Yorkers support a bill legalizing gay marriage, according to a poll released on Monday, but the measure still faces an uphill battle in the state legislature.
By a margin of 53 to 39 percent, New York voters said they backed Governor David Paterson’s proposal enabling same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses, said the poll by the Siena Research Institute at Siena College in Loudonville, New York.
"We put the bill out because there are 1,324 protections that people who are married receive legally, like the ability to make medical decisions for one’s spouse that you can’t have if you’re not married," Paterson said when asked by reporters about the poll.
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