NY: “Bloomberg puts gay marriage chances this year at ‘zero, zero’”

Gay City News: “Even as he put the chances of moving a gay marriage bill in Albany this fall at ‘zero, zero,’ Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg argued that he has the political clout to win support from key New York Republican state senators, including two from the city who are vociferous in their opposition . . . Golden was among five Republican senators represented last year by the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based right-wing litigation group, seeking to overturn Paterson’s directive that state agencies recognize valid same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions.”