Mayor Mike on Marriage

In an exclusive interview with Gay City News, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg calls the chances of passing a marriage equality bill this year in New York "zero, zero," bluntly explaining that the State Senate is unlikely to move marriage legislation when they are "[un]willing to stand up for less controversial issues." Despite what he sees as the dim chances of passage, Bloomberg believes he could potentially sway New York City-based Republican senators such as Frank Padavan of Queens and Martin Golden of Brooklyn in favor of the bill. Both are currently opposed to marriage equality. Read the whole article here.