<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Joe Bruno For Marriage&nbsp;Equality]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[
<p>The former Republican Senate Majority Leader in New York says he now <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2009/06/former-ny-gop-senate-leader-joe-bruno-for-marriage-equality.html">favors equal rights</a> for gay couples:</p>
<div class="blockquote" style="margin-left: 40px;">&quot;It&#39;s time. Now. For the government to back off, let people make their own life decisions, and about how they care about and who they don&#39;t care about&#8230;.&quot;</div>
<p>Marriage will only come to New York state with Republican support. But how awesome that would be &#8211; and a nice rebuff to the cowardly, supine Democrats in Washington.</p>
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