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		<title>In Marriage Fight, A Story From GOP Stronghold</title>

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<p>New Yorkers United for Marriage, a coalition of pro same-sex marriage organizations, will be sending out 200,000 copies of <a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/79487142/NYUM_BRCMailerPress[4]">this mailer</a>. It features a couple from Nassau County who would like to "invite you to our son's wedding."</p>
<p>"Sadly, he's not allowed to get married," they say.</p>
<p>The couple personifies a key constituency that marriage advocates need to win over. Nassau County is a Republican strong-hold and home to the Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, whose conference voted uniformly against the measure in 2009.<!--more--></p>
<p>Democratic Governor <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/05/11/not-ready-to-introduce-same-sex-marriage-bill/">Andrew Cuomo signaled</a> he won't introduce the bill without having enough votes to pass it. Democratic State Senator <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/05/11/without-g-o-p-we-know-what-the-results-will-be-on-marriage/">Tom Duane said</a>, so far, it doesn't appear that they are.</p>
<p>The flier ends with a quote from Cuomo, who says, "If we believe in justice for all, then let's pass marriage equality this year once and for all."</p>
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<p>New Yorkers United for Marriage, a coalition of pro same-sex marriage organizations, will be sending out 200,000 copies of <a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/79487142/NYUM_BRCMailerPress[4]">this mailer</a>. It features a couple from Nassau County who would like to "invite you to our son's wedding."</p>
<p>"Sadly, he's not allowed to get married," they say.</p>
<p>The couple personifies a key constituency that marriage advocates need to win over. Nassau County is a Republican strong-hold and home to the Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, whose conference voted uniformly against the measure in 2009.<!--more--></p>
<p>Democratic Governor <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/05/11/not-ready-to-introduce-same-sex-marriage-bill/">Andrew Cuomo signaled</a> he won't introduce the bill without having enough votes to pass it. Democratic State Senator <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/05/11/without-g-o-p-we-know-what-the-results-will-be-on-marriage/">Tom Duane said</a>, so far, it doesn't appear that they are.</p>
<p>The flier ends with a quote from Cuomo, who says, "If we believe in justice for all, then let's pass marriage equality this year once and for all."</p>
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