Governor Paterson is softening his push for a same sex marriage bill. As Karen DeWitt reports he’s now willing to wait until the Senate leadership is ready to bring the bill to the floor. Paterson said around a week ago that he wanted the Senate to debate and vote on the measure to legalize same sex marriage even though there were not enough votes for the measure to pass. Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith had said he wanted to wait until there were enough support to guaranty that the bill would be approved. The governor now says he’ll respect Smith’s wishes. …

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