{"id":3562,"date":"2011-06-26T08:04:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T12:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2011-06-26T17:43:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T21:43:17","slug":"legislators-include-religious-exceptions-within-new-york%e2%80%99s-gay-marriage-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/06\/legislators-include-religious-exceptions-within-new-york%e2%80%99s-gay-marriage-bill","title":{"rendered":"Legislators include religious exceptions within New York\u2019s gay marriage bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York state\u2019s Marriage Equality Act passed the state\u2019s senate Friday night in a vote of 33-29, making the Empire State the sixth U.S. state or district to legalize same-sex marriage &#8212; joining Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont,\u00a0and Washington, D.C. The bill stalled for much of the week as state lawmakers debated the extent to which religious beliefs on homosexuality should be protected under any new state legislation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/under-god\/post\/religious-exceptions-within-new-yorks-same-sex-marriage-bill\/2011\/06\/24\/AG87ZtjH_blog.html\">CLICK HERE to read more on the <em>Washington Post<\/em>&#8216;s On Faith<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York state\u2019s Marriage Equality Act passed the state\u2019s senate Friday night in a vote of 33-29, making the Empire State the sixth U.S. state or district to legalize same-sex marriage &#8212; joining Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont,\u00a0and Washington, D.C. 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