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Senate Passes Bill Protecting Same-Sex Marriage

Measure will have to pass the House before heading to President Biden’s desk

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) speaking to the media about the bill to protect same-sex marriage on Tuesday.PHOTO: JIM LO SCALZO/SHUTTERSTOCK

By Katy Stech Ferek

Updated Nov. 29, 2022 6:36 pm ET

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Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012

Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.

WASHINGTON—The Senate passed landmark legislation recognizing Americans’ access to same-sex marriage, codifying rights that were established in a 2015 Supreme Court ruling.

Lawmakers voted 61 to 36 to approve the legislation, which is intended to solidify the ability of same-sex and interracial couples to get married and requires states to recognize the marriages.

The vote shows how a once politically divisive issue now draws bipartisan support despite continued opposition from some social conservatives. Supporters said the measure marks the most significant gay-rights measure to pass in the Senate since lawmakers agreed to repeal the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in 2010, which had required service members to keep their sexual orientation to themselves.