Gay marriage approved in New York: Straight women will benefit,
too.  The law, lawyers, and the court. June 26 2011 5:13 PM
Setting Marriage Straight  How the growing approval of gay
marriage benefits straight women, too.  Valerie Coleman and Joan
Katter, a couple , celebrate during the Gay Pride. Click image
to expand. Valerie Coleman (R) and Joan Katter celebrate the Gay
Pride parade in New York City on June 26, 2011.  The biggest
cheers from the record-breaking throng at the New York Pride
Parade Sunday were for the soberly T-shirted, widely grinning
lobbyists and activists from the coalition Marriage Equality New
York. When the state legislature passed and Gov. Andrew Cuomo
signed the law authorizing same-sex marriage in New York late
Friday night, the number of Americans who will be able to marry
same-sex partners doubled. New York is the first state to
legalize same sex marriage after a dry spell following Maine's
repeal of its marriage law a year and a half ago. Maybe for
lesbian and gay people, It Ge