With the announcement Tuesday from members of the New York State Senate that they'll put same-sex marriage legislation to a vote before the end of the year, an exclusive NY1 survey of all 62 legislators suggests that supporters of the bill still face an uphill battle in their fight to get it passed.
NY1 previously polled members of the Senate in July.
Here is the overall breakdown, with 32 votes needed for the bill to pass:
Would Vote "Yes" 21 (All Democrats)
Would Vote "No" 6 (4 Republicans, 2 Democrats)
Undecided / Unavailable / Won't Say 35 (9 Democrats, 26 Republicans)
Here is the breakdown by senator:
Would Vote "Yes"
Eric Adams, D-Brooklyn
Neil Breslin, D-Delmar
Martin Dilan, D-Brooklyn
Thomas Duane, D-Manhattan
Pedro Espada, D-Bronx
Craig Johnson, D-Nassau
Jeffrey Klein, D-Bronx/Westchester
Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan
Velmanette Montgomery, D-Brooklyn
Suzi Oppenheimer, D-Westchester
Kevin Parker, D-Brookyn
Bill Perkins, D-Manhattan
John Sampson, D-Brooklyn [was "Undecided" in June]
Diane Savino, D-Staten Island/Brooklyn
Eric Schneiderman, D-Manhattan/Bronx
Jose Serrano, D-Bronx/Manhattan
Malcolm Smith, D-Queens
Daniel Squadron, D-Brooklyn/Manhattan
Toby Ann Stavisky, D-Queens
Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Westchester
Antoine Thompson, D-Buffalo
Would Vote "No"
Darrel Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent
John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse
Ruben Diaz, D-Bronx
Hugh Farley, R-Niskayuna
Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton
Dean Skelos, R-Nassau
Undecided / Unavailable / Won't Say
Joseph Addabbo, D-Queens
James Alesi, R-East Rochester
John Bonacic, R-Mt. Hope
John Flanagan, R-Suffolk
Brian Foley, D-Suffolk
Charles Fuschillo, R-Nassau/Suffolk
Martin Golden, R-Brooklyn
Joseph Griffo, R-Rome
Kemp Hannon, R-Nassau
Ruth Hassell-Thompson, D-Bronx/Westchester
Shirley Huntley, D-Queens
Owen Johnson, R-Suffolk
Carl Kruger, D-Brooklyn [was "No" in June]
Andrew Lanza, R-Staten Island
William Larkin, R-Cornwall
Kenneth LaValle, R-Suffolk
Vincent Leibell, R-Westchester
Elizabeth Little, R-Queensbury
Carl Marcellino, R-Nassau/Suffolk
George Maziarz, R-Newfane
Roy McDonald, R-Saratoga
Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens
Thomas Morahan, R-Rockland
Michael Nozzolio, R-Seneca Falls
George Onorato, D-Queens
Frank Padavan, R-Queens/Bronx/Nassau
Michael Ranzenhofer, R-Amherst
Joseph Robach, R-Greece
Stephen Saland, R-Poughkeepsie
James Seward, R-Milford
William Stachowski, D-Buffalo
Dale Volker, R-Depew
George Winner, R-Elmira
Catharine Young, R-Olean
David Valesky, D-Oneida
By: NY1 News
Updated 11/11/2009 07:31 PM
http://ny1.com/content/news_beats/politics/108803/survey
November 12, 2009
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We have a long road ahead of us, but we cannot give up. We will win this fight, state by state, vote by vote, until we have the right to marry anywhere in our country (yes, this is our country too..), but we must start by standing firm and making our position known.
This symbol is the perfect way to show that position and start a conversation. During the Revolutionary War, the colonists, fed up with unfair treatment and a lack of rights, adopted this as a warning to England that they would not be walked all over without protest.
Benjamin Franklin suggested the rattlesnake, saying, "She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage." We have adapted this symbol to our cause in the same spirit as our founding fathers.
To see the symbol and support the cause go to www.DontTreadOnMeRainbow.com.
It seems promising that few are willing to go on the record as opposed.
Don't expect anything out of Volker. He co-sponsored the bill to ban gay marriage a couple of times. If he's not admitting he'll vote against it, then he's just being coy.
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