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Embracing a long-sought liberation

Longtime partners Madeline D. Davis and Wendy B. Smiley plan to get married next month.

For the fifth time.

They've been together for 17 years, and have had a religious wedding ceremony in Buffalo, a pagan ceremony in Cherry Creek, a civil union in Vermont and a legal wedding in Ontario.

"We have called ourselves wives for quite a long time," Davis said Monday.

But late in July, during the first week of New York's new gay marriage law, Davis and Smiley plan to have either a real wedding or a reconfirmation ceremony here when Smiley's family comes to town.

New York has made its own commitment, to gay couples who want a real marriage sanctioned by the state.

"The two of us were watching it [Friday night], and we wept," said Davis, director of the local gay and lesbian archives that bear her name.

Gay marriage is coming to New York, and in the wild scramble after Friday night's historic vote in the State Senate, gay activists are brainstorming the possibilities -- not only what it means for homosexual couples, but what it can mean for the local gay community, the City of Buffalo and maybe even Niagara Falls.

Will there be a mass marriage ceremony in Buffalo? Will the city become a popular wedding site for gay couples all over the Midwest? Could Niagara Falls knock some rust off its old reputation as one of the nation's wedding and honeymoon capitals?

"Somebody really smart should develop a Western New York gay marriage package," said Kitty S. Lambert, president of OUTspoken for Equality, referring to the region's many cultural, artistic and sightseeing jewels.

Lambert challenged anyone to come up with any negative consequences of the gay marriage law for Western New York -- and its economy:

Too many wedding cakes being sold here? she asked sarcastically. Too many hotel rooms being booked? And "entirely too much money pouring into Western New York?"

"There aren't any negative repercussions," she added.

Monday, gay activists started discussing the many possibilities, punctuated by a Monday night meeting of the local Stonewall Democrats.

Gay activists envision travel packages that could offer tours of Buffalo's art galleries and architectural gems coupled with a visit to Niagara Falls. Western New York also can offer its prime location, inexpensive prices and its moderate summer weather.

"I think we have the potential to draw people from other cities, especially being a Midwest blue-collar town, and it's easy to get here," said Carol D. Speser, founder of Rainbow Spirit Rising. "I think people from all over the country will fly here.

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