Bipartisan Push for Marriage Equality in New York

NYT: GOP Donor Paul E. Singer Joins Fight for Marriage Equality in NY

Major Republican contributors in New York have a surprise up their sleeves: They are contributing big sums in the fight for marriage equality in the Empire State. According to the New York Times, "Their behind-the-scenes financial support — about $1 million in donations, delivered in recent weeks to a new coalition of gay rights organizations — could alter the political calculus of Albany lawmakers, especially the Republican state senators in whose hands the fate of gay marriage rests." With bipartisan support for the effort, undecided Republicans might find the courage to stand up for equality under law.  A victory in New York could change broad opinions about the Republican Party.

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