New York Assembly again passes same-sex marriage bill, stalls in Senate

[JURIST] The New York State Assembly [official website] passed a bill [A08354 text, materials] to legalize same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] Wednesday, but the fate of the bill is uncertain as it moves to the State Senate [official website]. The Assembly passed [press release] the Marriage Equality Act, drafted by Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) [official website], Wednesday evening 80-63, sending it to the Senate. The Assembly has passed same-sex marriage bills before both in 2007 and then twice in 2009….