A marriage bill ... hopefully

Eliot Spitzer introduced his program bill enacting marriage equality for same-sex couples last Friday.

The lawyer from the office of the governnor's counsel delivered the bill and an accompanying memorandum, with a statement of support, to the offices of the Assembly Speaker and the Senate majority leader. (Text from those documents will appear online at www.gaycitynews.com. Check it out.

With that, Eliot Spitzer is the first governor in the history of this country to introduce equality legislation and LGBT community looks forward to standing next to him when he becomes the first governor in the country to sign a marriage bill equality law.

This is a historic week for the LGBT community and the governor has certainly earned and secured his place in the LGBT civil rights movement.