"I think marriage should be between a man and a woman, but I don’t have the right to prohibit others to have the right to get married. … [My pastor and I] spoke about the fact that I thought it was the right thing to do. But religiously I was definitely torn. He said to me, ‘Look, civically, you have a responsibility to represent your community. That has nothing to do with God,'" – Nelson Castro, one of three religious Democrats in the New York Assembly to change their position last week to help pass a marriage equality bill.
But the bill is still hanging by a thread in the Senate, with just one vote shy of approval – and today is the last day of the legislative session. Follow developments in Albany here. A summary of last week's dramatic events here.
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