NY Senate "Close" On Marriage Deal?

But the reported compromise includes "carve-outs" for religious objections, although it's not yet clear what those exemptions might be.

Gov. Cuomo and Senate Republican boss Dean Skelos could say, "I do" as soon as today on a historic gay-marriage bill that includes strengthened exemptions for religious groups. Negotiators for the Republican-run Senate privately admitted that a deal is near after aides spent the Father's Day weekend ironing out language to appease "religious liberty" concerns that have been raised by several fence-sitting GOP senators.