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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Speaks Out for Marriage Equality on capitaltonight.com (5/12/2011)
On May 12th Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke to Liz Benjamin about the Marriage Equality bill in the New York State legislature.
Senator Gillibrand said "...this is important to me. This is important to who we are as New Yorkers. We believe in equality. And, we believe that every loving couple should have the opportunity to marry"
When asked if she plans to contact Democrats and Republicans she added "Anyone who's undecided, I plan to call in the next few days"