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Marriage Equality
Now we are six
With Governor Lynch's signature, New Hampshire became the sixth state to allow same-sex marriages. How much farther behind can New York fall?
Call your state Senator (you can find out who your Senator is at the NY Senate website). Tell your friends to call their state Senators. If your Senator is on board, call to thank him/her. If not, call to lobby for a "yes" vote on S.4401, the marriage equality bill.
There are only a few short weeks left in the legislative session. There is no time to waste.
One more note that should be passed on to many Republican Senators -- as long as this issue is unresolved, it will be a campaign issue. While the state (and your district) might be split, the people who are more likely to go to the polls on election day are the ones riled up by this issue. Vote yes this year, and your job will actually be a lot safer after next year.
2,500 for Marriage Equality in Astoria
The Parks Dept. estimates that 2,500 people showed up for the marriage equality rally in Astoria on Sunday! There is a growing movement to get this done without any more delays (we're trailing Maine and Iowa).
There are only a few weeks left in the legislative session. Several senators in NYC are not (yet) on board -- we need their constituents to call their offices in Albany to urge them to support the marriage equality bill.
Democratic Senators are:
Huntley (581-455-3531)
Kruger (Carl, that is) (581-455-2460)
Onorato (581-455-3486)
(Note: Ruben Diaz is considered a lost cause on this issue.)
and Repubican Senators are:
Golden (581-455-2730)
Lanza (581-455-3215)
Padavan (581-455-3381)
They could all stand to hear from their constituents. Make the call now. Spread the word.
Marriage Equality rally
Sunday, May 31, 2009, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Athens Park in Astoria, 30th Ave. & 30th St. (take the N/W train to 30th Avenue)
We need to let our state Senators, including those in Queens who have not yet come on board, know that there is tremendous support for marriage equality.
Recently, there has been positive movement in Queens; help keep things going in the right direction! Spread the word, and come to Astoria.
This event is sponsored by Western Queens for Marriage Equality and Marriage Equality New York.
Fred Dicker Hearts Joe Bruno
Pity Fred Dicker.
No, really. Witness this:
November 16, 2007 -- ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer said at a private fund-raiser that he wants a Democratic-controlled state Senate to legalize gay marriage - a highly divisive and controversial issue - as one of its first priorities in 2009, a witness to the remarks told The Post.
Spitzer, a gay-marriage proponent, pledged to help Democrats next November win the three Senate seats they need to gain the majority.
"One of the first things we're going to do when [Senate Minority Leader] Malcolm Smith is [majority] leader is gay marriage," the witness recounted Spitzer as telling some 60 people who paid up to $10,000 each to attend the event in Greenwich Village Wednesday night.
"Everybody applauded when he said that," said the witness, who was among senators, Democratic activists and lobbyists at a fund-raising event for the Senate Democratic Committee. It was held in the library of the elegant West 13th Street home of HBO's "Oz" creator Tom Fantana.
Okay, look, I was there. I missed the speech - actually ran into the governor as he was leaving and I was coming, shook hands, winced from the pain of Albany's greatest handshake, mingled, chit-chatted with a lot of people, gay and straight alike.
Nobody said a word about a new top-tier front-burner legislative push for gay marriage. This because, for starters, we call it "marriage equality", and then, because no such push was announced. read more »
