New York approves same sex marriage; take that, evil doers

[bechyni]

Try living in NC...we have a week for rednecks to go out get drunk and bash black/gay/hispanic people without reprimand.

[Yabby]

Sad that there's still so much hate in this world that this seems to have only barely passed with 33-29. At least it passed, and the country is moving forward, one step at a time.

Most steps in this country are like this.

[Cantih]

Congratulations New York.

[Tyche]

Now how long before a church spends millions of dollars on misleading advertisements to get an state amendment passed making it illegal?

New York isn't as soft as California in a sense that it isn't near is easy for voters to overturn legislation. This is one of just 2? states to pass this through legislation and not through the court system. Bravo New York.

[Lucavi]

Equality is such a simple concept on paper, but such a difficult one for people to grasp. Grats to NY for making the right decision.

[Rhinox]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_884444.html

Rachel Maddow covered the passage of same-sex marriage legislation in New York live on MSNBC Friday night.

Maddow, who is one of just three openly gay cable news anchors on television, let the cheers of the crowd play uninterrupted for minutes after the successful vote was announced.

"This will become law," she said, adding that the number of people in the United States "for whom same-sex marriage rights are a reality" had just doubled.

Maddow also pointedly noted later in her coverage that "President Obama is against what just happened." (Obama is still on record as being opposed to same-sex marriage.)

Maddow has previously said that "maybe" she will marry her longtime partner Susan Mikula. She now lives in two of the states where same-sex marriage is legal: Massachusetts and, as of Friday night, New York.

[ronin sparthos]

Equality is such a simple concept on paper, but such a difficult one for people to grasp. Grats to NY for making the right decision.

This.

Then again it's hard to grasp when your puppetmaster pastor is spouting hatespeech into your ears for years on end.

Thinking for one's self is such a wonderful thing.

[bigrougabagel]

Try living in NC...we have a week for rednecks to go out get drunk and bash black/gay/hispanic people without reprimand.

I always hated every week ever.

[Ragnell]

Is there a video of those saying no to the bill? I want to see their reasoning for that

[Gryffes]

Senator Roy McDonald. "You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn't black and white, good and bad, and you try to do the right thing," McDonald, 64, told reporters. "You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, fuck it, I don't care what you think. I'm trying to do the right thing. "I'm tired of Republican-Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove it. I come from a blue-collar background. I'm trying to do the right thing, and that's where I'm going with this."

( I should add, that's a republican who voted yes for it ).

[Stumblingdrunk]

Senator Roy McDonald. "You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn't black and white, good and bad, and you try to do the right thing," McDonald, 64, told reporters. "You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, fuck it, I don't care what you think. I'm trying to do the right thing. "I'm tired of Republican-Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove it. I come from a blue-collar background. I'm trying to do the right thing, and that's where I'm going with this."

( I should add, that's a republican who voted yes for it ).

Kudos to that guy

[Aksannyi]

This is a good thing to hear. I don't put much stock in marriage anymore but anyone should be able to marry who they want, as long as they're consenting.

[Moss]

Man fuck marriage. I have zero desire to get married.

Civil union on the other hand...tax breaks are nice.

What is the difference between a gay marriage and a civil union?

[archibaldcrane]

One allows the state-granted rights that are given to married couples, and the other allows the state-granted rights that are given to those in a civil union.

Depending on your state's laws, shit is situational.

[hey]

I am not impressed that in 2011, they finally decided gays were human too.

[Ksandra]

so glad this passed. At least it's spreading even if cali fucking failed.

[bigrougabagel]

Already have jesus rage on my FB.

[Moss]

One allows the state-granted rights that are given to married couples, and the other allows the state-granted rights that are given to those in a civil union.

Depending on your state's laws, shit is situational.

What I am trying to get at is: is it more of a symbolic thing or a practical thing? or both?

edit: by "it" I mean the legalization of gay marriage

[Guyverarmor]

I'm waiting for that born-again christian we have on BG to come in here and start saying it is totally wrong for gay people to be able to marry.

Edit: Bout time though that another state passed it. Have a friend over in New York said he was waiting for this to happen.

[Kuya]

I think even egon didn't care about same sex marriage.