New York Senate passes Marriage Equality Act

[Catmatic Leftist]

http://tumblr.thedailywh.at/post/6888162012/breaking-news-of-the-day-the-new-york-senate

Breaking News of the Day: The New York Senate tonight passed the controversial Marriage Equality Act after the crucial 32nd, and 33rd, votes were secured.

New York thus becomes the 6th state to legalize same-sex marriage, with the other five being Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Iowa. (Same-sex marriage is also legal in the District of Columbia.)

Republican holdouts Sens. Steve Saland (R-Poughkeepsie) and Mark Grisanti (R-Buffalo), persuaded by the act’s religious protections, were responsible for contributing the decisive 32nd and 33rd votes; Sen. Greg Ball (R-Putnam), one of the fence-sitting Republicans who solicited opinions from his constituents via Twitter, decided earlier tonight to vote no.

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[tm315]

Hopefully the rest of the states follow.

[MattShizzle]

No way this will happen without court action if not actual revolution. The more reactionary states are nearly Fascist. NY is among the least reactionary.

[Princess Luna]

I think in 30-40 years people who were against gay rights will be viewed in the same way people who supported segregation in 50's and 60's are viewed today, a lot of right-wing groups white-washing their history and trying to pretend they always welcomed gays! the trend may have even started, if i remember correctly Ann Coulter has tried to claim its the left not right that's more homophobic.