Four days after the state Legislature passed a historic same-sex marriage bill, the Human Rights Campaign held a party in Chelsea Tuesday to celebrate the landmark passage of marriage equality in New York.

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"It's just an amazing feeling to know that I helped pass this," said an attendee.

"It's so thrilling, it's so life-changing, and there's few moments in anybody's life that are life-changing," said another.

"It's fantastic. This has changed my life personally and professionally, profoundly," said a third.

Among the celebrities were former First Daughter Barbara Bush, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and New York Rangers forward Sean Avery, who is finding love from more than just hockey fans.

"Everything's been incredible about this whole thing. Except the one thing is I've become extremely popular in Chelsea and I now have to move," said Avery.

State Senator Jim Alesi also found he is more popular than before. The Rochester-area lawmaker was just one of four Republicans to vote for the bill.

"I was so warmly received in church Sunday, in my supermarket when I went in to buy the New York papers. People just continue to come up to me," said Alesi.

While the ink is still wet on New York's bill, many have their eyes on a new goal -- to make sure same-sex marriage is legal across the nation.

"We're going to keep challenging things like the so-called Defense Of Marriage Act, to make sure that New Yorkers who now have the right to marry will now have all of the federal benefits they should be entitled to," said Brian Ellner of the Human Rights Campaign.

For that to happen, Alesi has his own personal goal -- to make sure same-sex marriage is not a political third rail for fellow Republicans.

"I'm a Republican, I voted for marriage and we have marriage in New York. And it didn't kill me," he said.