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NY Governor Can’t Stand Trump So Much That He Blocks Noncontroversial Bipartisan Marriage Bill

John Bickley
NY Governor Can’t Stand Trump So Much That He Blocks Noncontroversial Bipartisan Marriage Bill
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New York’s Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, so strongly disapproves of Donald Trump that he cannot “in good conscience” allow a bill overwhelmingly supported by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers in his state to become law because it might result in a judge appointed by Trump officiating a wedding.

Senate Bill S6330A, which “expands which judges may solemnize a marriage to include all federal circuit court of appeals judges and all federal district court judges,” was sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Liz Krueger and easily passed in the Democrat-controlled New York state Assembly and Senate by a vote of 144-2 and 61 to 1, respectively.

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