Gay Marriages In New York
Mayor Michael Bloomberg (back) watches while Jonathan Mintz (2nd L), the city’s consumer affairs commissioner, John Feinblatt (R), a chief adviser to the mayor, along with their daughters Maeve (L) and Georgia do a group hug at Gracie Mansion in New York July 24, 2011. Hundreds of gay and lesbian New Yorkers were married this weekend, as the Empire State becomes the sixth state in the U.S. to embrace same-sex marriage. (Photo credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)