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| | New Paltz, N.Y., deputy mayor presides over gay weddings | Print this article | Advocate.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | New Paltz, N.Y., deputy mayor Rebecca Rotzler (pictured), along with a city trustee, presided over the Thursday night weddings of four same-sex couples, emboldened by the dismissal of criminal charges against New Paltz mayor Jason West for officiating at gay and lesbian weddings in February. |
 | | Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rotzler and Trustee Julia Walsh performed the ceremonies Thursday night, a week after West was cleared of 19 misdemeanor counts of solemnizing weddings without a license. |
 | | Rotzler, whose has Alaskan ancestry, said her biracial parents married when it was considered illegal for them to do so. |
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