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johnson, lanza, larkin, lavalle, livis, little, marcelino. naziarz -- richey, row back, seward, skelos, young and zeldin. ayes 33, nays 29. >> that was it with a vote of 33-29 it pass the. joining me now is mary snow in albany who has been monitoring the debate all evening long. mary, we did get a sense as the vote approached because of the public statements of at least one republican who had been undecided, he said he was -- he had decided to vote for it. even before the vote was taken there was a sense that this was going to pass. >> reporter: there certainly was, anderson. even th...

that was really the sticking point. played in the afternoon. the dealer who ranged or less that deal was reached, and the very motion it you heard so many people disrupting into applause and a gallery. even in the hallways, people had been here day in and day out waiting for this moment. they erupted into tears, people were saying, people were chanting usa, a very emotional evening. i spoke with one man, 45 years old, saying that he didn't know just unemotional this was going to be. that in his words everything was the moment he will never forget. >> many believe the modern-day gay-...

>> reporter: an incredibly emotional on the senate floor, anderson. what we just saw was a vote for an amendment to the bill. that was an amendment that guaranteed protection for religious organizations. that had been the sticking point all along. and that vote sass pased -- passed 36-26. as soon as that was announced, you heard cheers erupt in the senate chamber. and there are people outside, supporters in the hallways, that loud cheer went up as soon as that was announced. what you're seeing now is a democratic same-sex marriage bill -- blasting republicans for bringing this bill t...