New York State has made a powerful and principled choice by giving all couples the right to wed and enjoy the legal rights of marriage. It is a proud moment for New Yorkers, thousands of whom took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate this step forward. But this moment does not erase the bigotry against gays and lesbians enshrined in the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal recognition of same-sex marriages and allows any state to refuse to recognize another state’s unions.
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「クオモ知事は約束を守った。驚くべきことです。ニューヨーカーとして誇りに思う。彼は将来の米大統領になる」と50代半ばの同性愛者カルメンさん。6月26日、よく晴れた日曜日の午後、ニューヨーク・マンハッタンで夏の始まりを告げる恒例の同性愛者のパレードに参加し、興奮して語った。
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