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Gay rights advocate Matthew Arnold-Lloyd of Albany, N.Y., right, argues with an unidentified man opposed to gay marriage during a rally outside the Capitol in Albany, Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Gay rights advocates want the Legislature to approve legislation to legalize gay marriage in New York. The Democrat-led state Assembly passed a gay marriage measure in 2007 and is expected to do so again. But Democrats in charge of the state Senate say they currently lack the votes for passage.

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