Upstate Senators blocking path to gay marriage in New York

The Post reports that Democratic Upstate Senators Darrel Aubertine (Watertown/Oswego), David Valesky (Syracuse/Oneida) and William Stachowski (Buffalo) are standing in the way of Governor Paterson's push for legalizing marriage for gays and lesbians in New York. Ruben Diaz (Bronx) who at one point opposed the Gay Games coming to New York because it would be bad for kids to see that gays and lesbians can be athletes, also opposes.

Democrats have 32 of 62 seats in the Senate, so barring some Republicans shifting onboard, the Dems are going to need all their votes. The Assembly already passed an identical bill last year, and Paterson is clearly willing to sign on, so we've got 3 Upstaters who need to be pushed really hard to do the right thing.