Opinion: Why I Now Support Marriage Equality

June 13, 2009

The New York Times
June 12, 2009
When I [Tom Suozzi - Nassau County Executive] ran in the Democratic primary for governor against Eliot Spitzer in 2006, I vocally supported civil unions for same-sex couples but did not endorse equal marriage. As I talked to gays and lesbians and heard their stories of pain, discrimination and love, my platitudes about civil unions began to ring hollow. I now support the freedom to marry. [Link]