I was reading YNN about when the same-sex marriage vote would take place in the New York Senate when I turned on the TV. The votes were read off right after Carl Kruger stopped blabbing. The Senate chamber erupted in cheers when it was announced the bill had passed.
Since I just turned on the TV I don’t have the details of how each member voted.
Update: Here’s the link to the Washington Post article. Note that President Obama still refuses to say gay couples should have the right to marry. But he still wants your vote.
Opponents had poured millions of dollars into the fight and said there would be swift and direct retribution against the lawmakers who voted for this bill. They pledged $1 million toward defeating Republicans who voted for it and backing Democrats who voted against it.
The decision came a day after President Obama appeared at a Manhattan fundraiser before an audience of gay and lesbian donors. Obama campaigned as an opponent of gay marriage but more recently has said his views on the issue are “evolving.”
The president did not indicate any change of heart, despite the calls of “Marriage!” and “Do you support it?” from the audience. All week, activists have been calling on Obama to “evolve already,” noting that his position puts him to the right of the Republicans who supported same-sex marriage in New York.
Update: It’s now about 11:22 Eastern Time. Governor Cuomo just came out to do a victory lap and burnish his progressive credentials.
Update 2: I don’t know who this guy is introducing Cuomo, but he just said “Working with Governor Cuomo is like taking painting lessons from Picasso.” Talk about kissing butt!
Update 3: Here’s the New York Times report.
Update 4: Be sure to read Da TechGuy’s blog post on the subject. Something I hadn’t thought of:
3. I will be shocked if we don’t see a devout Muslim suing in NY for the right of polygamy. There is a significant population of Muslims in the state. If one can change the definition of marriage that has stood for thousands of years by a popular vote then there is no rational basis to deny a form of marriage that has been continually recognized by nations of the world and at least one of the worlds major religions for over a millennium.
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Update 5: Read Cynthia Yockey’s post for the conservative case for gay marriage.
Tags: bill, gay marriage, new york, passed, state senate
Ayes 33 – Nays 29. I have some other thoughts I will try to get to tonight.
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To anyone paying attention: This is the difference between Republicans and Conservatives.
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need to find out who funded this crap. next the idiots will want us to pay for sex change operations. This is what they are doing instead of what is necessary to get the economy moving. Nothing more than one distraction after another.
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If you think that NYS public school curriculums are frigged up now, just wait til the newly empowered homosexual lobby really gets their hooks into it. The “Diginity for all Students” program (yet another unfunded mandate by NYS Dept. of Ed.) is soon to morph into a LBGT agenda driven nightmare.
Hope you’re okay with having six year-olds learning the benefits of transgenderism, because its only a matter of time. And say goodbey to state funding of any kind if your school district has the guts to stand up to this nonsense.
We are already in a world of hurts as far as our public schools go, and its only going to get exponentially worse.
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I’m ok with this.
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I see you’re using a new IP address, which I just blocked.
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You have no idea what you’re talking about. Obviously the person has a history. It is no longer welcome to leave comments here. And as far as fascism goes, this is my website. I pay for the hosting fees and the bandwidth. It’s like allowing people into my home. And if I’m so awful why didn’t I kick you?
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