We were seeing stars at the 11th annual NY Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violent Project Courage Awards.

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New York's same-sex marriage debate's in overdrive. Just hours after the Judiciary Committee advanced Governor Eliot Spitzer's marriage equality bill, the State Assembly passed it 85-61 after a three hour debate.

While many spoke of the bill's positive political effects, Republican Assemblyman Brian Kolb told his colleagues, "I do feel threatened. I do feel harmed. It's a direct challenge to me and how I was brought up." He must not understand that whole "time's change" thing…

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