Same-Sex Marriage Legislation Introduced in New York

New York's Governor, David Patterson, has announced today that he is re-introducing legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in New York. This same bill was introduced by Elliot Spitzer in 2007, passed in the Assembly, but then died in the state senate. Since then, a democratic majority has taken over the State Senate, so there is hope that this time it will pass through that as well.

This would make New York the 5th state to legalize same-sex marriage, and the 2nd (after Vermont) to legalize it through legislation, rather than the court system.