Governor Andrew Cuomo didn’t exactly say it in so many words when he called — the message he left on our answering machine had a sort of rote, campaigny feel about it — but I had the impression he gives my family a lot of the credit for helping to push marriage equality to passage in New York.
For years, my partner Erika and I have wanted to tie the knot in New York — the state where we live, where we met, where we first got to know each others’ families, where we spent summers on Fire Island, where our sons, now 7, were born. But we had recently given up on that option being available anytime soon. We were embarrassed by the political dysfunction in Albany. In the meantime, our parents were becoming octogenarians; our sons were old enough to appreciate the festivities surrounding weddings — and we were approaching our 10th anniversary. So, like other couples we had read about in the New York Times Style section, we decided to bring our party to Greenwich, Connecticut, which has had marriage equality since November 2008.
But we are indescribably proud and happy that we have the option to do so.
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