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		<title>On Twitter, Republican Asks How to Vote on Marriage</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A few hours ago, State Senator Greg Ball sent out <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ball4ny/status/81912792394899456">this interesting Tweet</a>, asking "so, if you were me, how would you vote on gay marriage? Yes or No?"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/greg-ball/bio">Ball is a young</a> Conservative Republican from the Putnam -Westchester area who has been <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/06/16/cuomo-trying-to-jazz-up-his-base-marriage-bill-an-affront-to-religious-groups-republican-greg-ball/">loudly advocating</a> for there to be changes to the bill in order to extend more protections of religious organizations. But he's also signaled a willingness to vote for it if those changes were made.</p>
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<p>Right now there are 31 members who are publicly committed to voting for it, one shy of the minimum needed to pass.</p>
<p>Already, some lawmakers who had voted against the bill in the past -- Queens State Senators <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/azipaybarah/status/80360441792053248">Joe Addabbo and Shirley Huntley</a>, and Brooklyn Assemblyman <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/06/16/democrat-nick-perry-explains-why-he-now-supports-same-sex-marriage/">Nick Perry</a> -- say they now support it because they recently took a surveys in their districts and found that a majority of their constituents now support it.</p>
<p>It's unclear how Ball will vote, but the Tweet he sent out guarantees one thing: reporters will, once again, swarm Greg Ball the next time they see him, and ask him how he'll vote.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few hours ago, State Senator Greg Ball sent out <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ball4ny/status/81912792394899456">this interesting Tweet</a>, asking "so, if you were me, how would you vote on gay marriage? Yes or No?"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/greg-ball/bio">Ball is a young</a> Conservative Republican from the Putnam -Westchester area who has been <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/06/16/cuomo-trying-to-jazz-up-his-base-marriage-bill-an-affront-to-religious-groups-republican-greg-ball/">loudly advocating</a> for there to be changes to the bill in order to extend more protections of religious organizations. But he's also signaled a willingness to vote for it if those changes were made.</p>
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<p>Right now there are 31 members who are publicly committed to voting for it, one shy of the minimum needed to pass.</p>
<p>Already, some lawmakers who had voted against the bill in the past -- Queens State Senators <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/azipaybarah/status/80360441792053248">Joe Addabbo and Shirley Huntley</a>, and Brooklyn Assemblyman <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/06/16/democrat-nick-perry-explains-why-he-now-supports-same-sex-marriage/">Nick Perry</a> -- say they now support it because they recently took a surveys in their districts and found that a majority of their constituents now support it.</p>
<p>It's unclear how Ball will vote, but the Tweet he sent out guarantees one thing: reporters will, once again, swarm Greg Ball the next time they see him, and ask him how he'll vote.</p>
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