new york

State Sen. Ruben Diaz marches with the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage.

Two clerks resign rather than issue same-sex marriage licenses.

What’s most pleasing about New York State’s vote is the way it changed what we thought politics were. We’ve gone from the material to the cultural to the truth that The Story is stronger than The Argument.

Same-sex marriage opponents feel “betrayed” by lawmakers.

NOM’s Thomas Peters boasted this AM about the coalition that had defeated marriage equality in New York. Whoops.

Negotiations continue over scope of religious exemptions.

Panic over the possibility of same-sex marriage passing in NY drives Dolan‘s arguments.

As marriage equality moves closer to passage in New York opponents are in a panic.

This year, LGBT advocates in New York had ample cause to be hopeful, but the opposition—led by National Organization for Marriage, the Catholic Bishops, and Orthodox Jews—remain confident of victory.

Why did he do it? Let us count the reasons…