Schumer: 'We must not rest until we have marriage in all fifty of these United States'

Speaking last week at a fundraising dinner for the top New York gay rights group, Senator Chuck Schumer articulated a far broader vision for same-sex marriage than he or most Democrats typically state publicly.

"If Dick Cheney can support marriage, so can every Senator. So can every Democrat, Republican, Liberal Conservative," Schumer told the Empire State Pride Agenda. "Equality should know no bounds, and we must not rest until we have marriage in all fifty of these United States."

Schumer's words mark the speed with which the marriage question has moved. The New York Senator himself, just a few years ago, was taking heat from gay supporters for opposing same-sex marriage.