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Gov. David Paterson plans to introduce legislation to legalize same-sex marriage, reviving a bill that died in 2007 and faces strong opposition despite a new Democratic majority in the state Senate. Paterson said “there is clearly a problem” when gays and lesbians in civil unions are denied civil protections such as healthcare and pension rights because they’re not married.
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