Cuomo Feted At Gay Pride Parade

The New York Times reports:

Two days after the State Senate voted to legalize same-sex marriage, participants in New York’s 42nd annual gay pride parade on Sunday came to shout, dance, cheer, strut, hug and shed tears of joy, knowing that on July 24, when the law takes effect, the season for tears will begin in earnest.

It was a noisy, and jubilant, day in the West Village.

Much of the cheering was aimed at Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, who made legalization of same-sex marriage a part of his election campaign and then led the fight for its approval in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Mr. Cuomo was the parade’s rock star, eliciting loud cheers and shrieks as he made his way down Fifth Avenue; the roar became almost deafening as the parade turned onto the narrow Christopher Street. People who arrived early enough to stand along the edge of the streets leaned over metal police barriers to get a glimpse of the governor or to catch the attention of the cameras following him. With Mr. Cuomo were Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, as well as several other local politicians.