Micah Stanek, in veil, and Mitch Day, of New York, walk away after they were turned down for marriage license at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau, Thursday Feb. 12, 2009. The protests, part of the 12th annual Freedom to Marry Week, were considered more important than ever this year because they come in the wake of California's Proposition 8 vote that overturned gay marriage and just as New Yorkers look to their state Senate to pass legislation that could lead to legalized gay marriage.
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