Report: Diaz is holed up, praying away the gay

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12/01/2009

by Jeremy Hooper

This from NY Daily News' Elizabeth Benjamin:

Here's the strongest sign yet that the gay marriage bill will indeed come to the Senate floor for a vote before the day is over: Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., the measure's most outspoken opponent, has retired to his Albany office to pray.
*Read more: Gay Marriage Vote Advances, Diaz Sr. Resorts To Prayer [NYDN]

Let him. Maybe God will tell him to sit out the vote altogether.

UPDATE:

The Senate is scheduled to reconvene at 9 p.m., aides said.

On the agenda: the deficit reduction plan and same-sex marriage.

"We'll vote on gay marriage if there's enough time," said one Senate staffer who asked not to be identified.
AIDES: SENATE TO VOTE ON BUDGET, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TONIGHT [WKBW]

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