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state senators approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage making new york just the sixth state where gay couples can wed. let's turn to our reporter who's covering the story from new york. david, give me the back story on how this came to be. >> reporter: well, what we find is that there really had to be a concerted effort here by andrew cuomo, the governor here in new york, who made it a priority. previous democratic governors in the past have raised this, in prior years, it had always failed. but this time, last night -- actually at the stroke of midnight, andrew cuomo signed thi...
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