ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. David Paterson on Monday urged lawmakers to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, calling it “an issue that touches on the very core of our citizenship.”His request raises the hopes of gay advocates who suffered a major defeat in Maine when voters repealed that state’s same-sex-marriage law last week.In New York City, Christine Quinn, the openly gay council speaker, quickly weighed in by offering an impassioned plea for the state Senate to pass a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
 
 
 
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