or Login to see your representatives.

Access Candidates' and Representatives' Biographies, Voting Records, Interest Group Ratings, Issue Positions, Public Statements, and Campaign Finances

Simply enter your zip code above to get to all of your candidates and representatives, or enter a name. Then, just click on the person you are interested in, and you can navigate to the categories of information we track for them.

[x] close
Print Track This Legislation

Key Votes

A 7732 - Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage - Key Vote

New York Key Votes

Grace Meng Did Not Vote on this legislation.

Read recent statements Grace Meng made in this general time period.

Stages

Family

Issues

Stage Details

Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (89-52) - (Key vote)

Title: Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that allows same-sex couples to marry with equal protection under the law with different-sex couples, and excuses members of the clergy from being required to perform marriage ceremonies.

Highlights:
-Recognizes marriages regardless of sex, and grants same-sex couples the same protections, responsibilities, rights, obligations, and benefits possessed by different-sex couples (Sec. 1). -Provides that no marriage license shall be denied on account of the sex of the parties involved (Sec. 3). -Establishes that clergymen, ministers and Society for Ethical Culture leaders shall not be required to solemnize any marriage (Sec. 4).
See The Voting Record

Legislation - Introduced (House) -

Title: Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

Sponsors

Co-sponsors

About Project Vote Smart

Help Us If You Can

Media & Communications

Education

For Candidates

One Common Ground, Philipsburg, MT 59858 Hotline: 888-Vote-Smart (888-868-3762)
All content © 1992 - 2013 Project Vote Smart unless otherwise attributed - Privacy Policy - Legislative demographic data provided by Aristotle International, Inc. Mobile Version

Back to top