Jonathan Mintz (L), New York City's consumer affairs commissioner, and John Feinblatt (2nd R), a chief adviser to the mayor, celebrate their marriage with daughters Maeve (2nd L) and Georgia after being married by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) at Gracie Mansion in New York July 24, 2011. Thousands of gay and lesbian New Yorkers are have been married this weekend, as the Empire State becomes the sixth in the U.S. to embrace same-sex marriage.