Who Do We Have to Blow to Get Gay Marriage in New York?

[Ian David]

Who Do We Have to Blow to Get Gay Marriage in New York?
The frustrating circle-jerk in Albany.
By Steven Thrasher
Tuesday, November 17th 2009 at 3:37pm

In Europe, Gay Pride parades are held each year on the occasion known as "Christopher Street Day"—a nod to the New York street that gave birth to the worldwide gay rights movement with the Stonewall riots.

But if this city once signified the leading edge of that movement, what does it say that in those European countries celebrating our fair city, there's gay marriage equality, but here, where the struggle for rights began, New York still can't get it right?

That seemed about to change at the beginning of the year. Governor Paterson was fully supportive of gay marriage rights, his popularity hadn't fully tanked yet, and gay voters had helped tip the State Senate in the Democrats' favor for the first time in 40 years. By June, Republican minority leader Dean Skelos said he'd let his members vote as they saw fit, and wouldn't block a gay marriage vote on the Senate floor. Once a marriage bill passed in the Assembly, the future looked as gay as a revival of Meet Me in St. Louis.

Voters, it's true, rejected gay marriage in California and Maine, and gay marriage's Cassandra, Maggie Gallagher, resides right here in our state. But even Gallagher couldn't do anything about it if our legislature approved a marriage equality bill and Governor Paterson signed it into law.


At least the governor’s on board.

More:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-11-17/news/who-do-we-have-to-blow-to-get-gay-marriage-in-new-york/

[whathehell]

1. Probably the wrong question..

Just sayin.

[galledgoblin]

2. gotta get a budget first. the NY government will be out of money by mid-Dec

unless they get that done... and the Senators keep leaving without getting anything done. Patterson actually just asked for the power to completely circumvent the Senate, but that was just a PR move to show voters that he's stuck. poor Patterson, he may not be the best governor, but he takes too much flack for the ineptitude of the senate.

I am getting pissed.

[Jamastiene]

3. I don't know, but the smart thing would be to comb Leviticus with a fine tooth comb and

put an initiative on some ballot somewhere banning men cutting their hair or their beards or anyone touching pigs or eating any shellfish or anyone planting more than one type of crop in a field or any of the other zillions of stupid laws in Leviticus. That's honestly the only way I can think of to put a stop to taking people's rights away based on an archaic set of laws that obviously don't apply any more. Maybe it might wake some people up...maybe. I'm not so sure any more. I have lost faith in humanity at this point.

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Bloomberg . 1. State senate republicans owe him bigtime.

2. He *says* he's pro-marriage.


But DON'T look at me.