Lawmakers voted late Friday, June 24, 2012, to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, making it the largest state where gay and lesbian couples can wed, and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where it was born. Two days later dozen to thousands celebrated in one of the world's oldest and largest gay pride parades through the streets of NYC. The first same-sex nuptials tool place In late July as hundreds of same-sex couples arrived at New York City Hall to receive their marriage license and get married.
