Rosie O'Donnell

Marriage Equality Debate Reaches Boiling Point in New York State

EDGE Boston | Fri, Jun 5

Fri, Jun 5 MA
As the Washington Times noted, passionate oratory from openly gay state Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell, whose sister is the openly lesbian entertainer Rosie O'Donnell, helped to persuade the Assembly to vote for the measure a second time in two years, ...

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4 mainstream media weighed in on a similar topic

6 Months Ago, EducationGuardian.co.uk says (in How Obama set the tone for a quiet revolution in gay rights) There has never been a better time to be gay in America than now," said Daniel O'Donnell, one of four openly gay members of the New York state assembly and brother of TV star, gay-cruise company owner and lesbian campaigner Rosie O'Donnell. ...

And EDGE Boston says (in New York Marriage Equality Opponents Feeling Outgunned) During debate in the Assembly, in which Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell, the brother of out lesbian entertainer Rosie O'Donnell, was credited with sustaining ...
How Obama set the tone for a quiet revolution in gay rightsguardian.co.uk

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And EDGE Boston says (in New York Marriage Equality Opponents Feeling Outgunned) During debate in the Assembly, in which Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell, the brother of out lesbian entertainer Rosie O'Donnell, was credited with sustaining momentum on the pro-marriage side, family parity as a matter of civil rights was attacked by ...

And New York Times says (in Assemblyman Makes Gay Marriage Bill Personal) With the Legislature set to take up the bill to legalize same-sex marriage on Tuesday, Mr. O'Donnell, the gay older brother of the comedian Rosie O'Donnell, has emerged as a tenacious, ingratiating, playful and sometimes prickly leader of the effort to ...