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Andy and I had the chance to sit down and interview United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at the LGBT Community Center in New York City on Sunday afternoon.

Watch the interview, AFTER THE JUMP…

We spoke to the Senator about the legislative road to repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’, critics who have questioned her convictions on LGBT issues, the marriage equality battle in New York State and also if she’d be supportive of amending the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation.

Said the Senator: “I would [be supportive of that]. I truly believe that this gay rights agenda is the civil rights march of our generation. I think marriage equality, I think repealing DOMA, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. All of that work we’re doing is part of equal rights in America and it is something that is so important to this generation. I think that kind of bill would be transformational…Whether we have the votes for that kind of bill today, I don’t know. But it’s something certainly worth
fighting for.”

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