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On the eve of the National Equality March in Washington D.C., President Obama spoke at a Human Rights Campaign dinner, "I will end 'don't ask, don't tell.' That is my commitment to you." He also emphasized he wants to help bring gays and lesbians full civil rights, "I'm here with a simple message: I'm here with you in that fight."

Another reported attack on the Upper East Side from Sunday suggests there was possibly a mini crime spree in the fancy neighborhood this past weekend. In this incident, two men jumped 40-year-old Michael Doane on his walk home from the subway across East 84th Street at 3:20 a.m. and left him with two skull fractures and a broken nose. That places the incident just blocks away from the gay-bashing attack on Joseph Holladay almost exactly 24-hours earlier. Police said they were unsure if the new report was a bias crime or even related. A report released today from the the NY Anti-Violence Project showed that there were 12% fewer anti-gay incidents in 2008 versus '07, but their severity worsened as a whole. A spokeswoman said, “While fewer people may be beaten, they are beaten more violently." She also connected motivation for attacks to policies such as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." As for Holladay, he is recovering from the bloody beating and about to return home to Boston.

Leave it to a gay marriage bill to make it feel like everyone seems to be playing for the wrong team. The Daily News is reporting that Governor Paterson is getting serious about reaching across the aisle and courting Republicans to help pass his bill to legalize same-sex marriage in New York. And who might his ace (or Gary) in the hole be? None other than former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.