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Opponents of gay marriage eye revenge.

The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)

| July 23, 2011 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Buffalo News. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Tom Precious

July 23--ALBANY -- As gay couples make last-minute preparations for wedding ceremonies beginning Sunday around the state, opponents of New York's new same-sex marriage law have a simple message: The fight is not yet over. Opponents of the marriage equality provisions insist there will be many twists in the future via court challenges, an admittedly impossible bid right now to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages, and battles in the State Legislature over what they believe will be attempts to broaden gay rights laws. Still smarting from the law's passage last month at the Capitol, critics of gay marriage rights say they are also preparing -- raising money, talking to potential candidates -- to exact revenge at the ballot box starting next fall. Their chief targets, whom they once counted as allies, are the four State Senate Republicans, including Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti, who joined with 29 Democrats to push the bill through in the chamber that only two years ago killed off the effort. "There needs to be …

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