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Gay Marriage Debate Mixed Following President Comments

By Pat Bradley

Plattsburgh, NY – In the State of the Union Address, the President criticized judges' decisions forcing state legislatures to re-define marriage laws to include gay and lesbian couples. Reaction in Vermont - with the nation's only "civil union" statute - and New York's North Country is as mixed as the debate was over civil unions. North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.