NY: Former GOP Senate President Supports Marriage Equality

Written by scott on May 26th, 2011

New York Marriage EqualityCouple of developments on the marriage front in New York today. Mayor Bloomberg gave a major address on the subject of marriage equality today.

And, speaking of NY’s GOP State Senate, for fourteen years, Republican Joe Bruno ran the New York State Senate as its President. During much of that time, Bruno, Speaker Silver and Governor Pataki ruled the Senate and nost of Albany with an iron fist. Yeah, he resigned in disgrace and is enmeshed in an ongoing corruption scandal. And, as we all know, we need GOP Senators to get on board.

Via Capitol Confidential, Bruno shared his support for same-sex marriage on Fred Dicker’s radio show. And, Dicker, who also covers Albany for the NY Post, is also a New York institution (see this recent NY Times profile.)

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