The argument over whether State Senate lawmakers should approve a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in New York continued in downtown Buffalo on Sunday when a large church group prayed publicly to uphold marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

About 100 churchgoers gathered outside the Mahoney State Office Building in Niagara Square hoping to influence state officials to stop Senate Bill 4401, which would legalize same-sex marriage in New York.

The Rev. William Gillison, pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Church, a large African- American congregation on East Delavan Avenue in Buffalo, led the group’s prayer at about 2 p. m. ...

The New York legislation, which is supported by Gov. David A. Paterson, once seemed well on its way to approval, but opposition has been growing.

A poll released last week by the Siena Research Institute found New Yorkers evenly divided on the issue, with 46 percent in favor and 46 percent against. A month earlier, the poll showed 53 percent in favor, compared with 29 percent against.

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