Will "Secret Yes Votes" Emerge For Gay Marriage Vote?

Whether gay marriage manages to make it to a vote in the State Senate is another question entirely, but State Senator Thomas Duane thinks the Senate will vote yes on the matter. According to WNYC, the bill's supporters say that there are "secret yes votes...Duane, the bill’s chief sponsor, says he’s had the votes locked up all along. But Duane won’t release the names of those yes votes because, he says, when it comes to gay marriage, senators have to come out of the closet on their own." Of course, Duane isn't naming names, "I’m not releasing my vote count until we’re ready to vote. What people have told me, they’ve told me in confidence. It just wouldn’t be appropriate for me to share that."

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By Jen Chung in News on November 16, 2009 11:20 AM

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Mr Mel

Those secret votes usually mean more Nays than Yeas.

Cautious Pessimist

Hrm, part of me buys it. But the other 99% of me that isn't naive and no longer thinks there is any hope at all in Albany calls bullshit.

bittycakes

Jen, I photographed this on the Bowery yesterday. I assume it's related to the gay marriage vote - but I could be wrong...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitchcakes/4107883946/