MSNBC host Rachel Maddow took a look tonight at President Barack Obama's trip to New York today to raise funds for his presidential campaign. He appeared at a dinner with LGBT rights advocates during a week when the legalization of gay marriage may become reality or may find itself defeated by that state's Senate for the second time in two ... [Read]

"Ayes 24, Nays 38. The bill is lost." Final announcement from the New York Senate after debating and voting on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Many Senators stood and testified in favor of the bill, but in the end it was defeated. (New York Senate) ''People stand up there in front of God and man, even in front of ... [Read]