Advocates on Both Sides Seek Momentum on Same-Sex Marriage

skadanny · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:45 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/nyreg ... f=nyregion

Beginning of NY Times article wrote:

April 9, 2009
Advocates on Both Sides Seek Momentum on Same-Sex Marriage
By JEREMY W. PETERS

ALBANY — A marriage license is just a Metro-North ride to Connecticut away for same-sex couples in New York City. For those who live in the Hudson Valley, it is a short drive over the state line into Massachusetts.

Gay New Yorkers who live in the far northern reaches of the state can head to Canada for a wedding. And Tuesday’s move by the Vermont State Legislature to legalize same-sex marriage has given them another nearby destination.

Advocates for same-sex marriage in New York and New Jersey said the action in Vermont was one more reminder that now, more than ever before, is the time for the states to grant full marital rights for gay and lesbian couples.

But the changes face a number of obstacles, and the advocates acknowledge that it could be months, if not longer, before the changes come.

On Wednesday, as both sides moved to seize the momentum, Gov. David A. Paterson vowed to introduce a bill that would legalize gay marriage. He told an Ithaca radio station that he was inclined to push the bill forward even if it was unclear that the measure had enough votes to pass, a maneuver that rarely occurs in Albany. “We’ll put a bill out and let the people decide one way or the other,” he said. “Why can’t people just debate the bills, vote on it, and it goes up or down?”

This past week has definitely been newsworthy in part when both Iowa and Vermont approved gay marriage. It appears New York won't be joining them anytime soon, but who knows?

I expect both sides to heat up the rhetoric.

Matt Wixson · **Joined:** Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:32 pm **Posts:** 765

I hate it when those faggots try to brainwash me with their "we want equal rights" rhetoric. Luckily I can see through it and maintain my unwavering bigotry!

skadanny · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:02 pm

Matt Wixson wrote:

I hate it when those faggots try to brainwash me with their "we want equal rights" rhetoric. Luckily I can see through it and maintain my unwavering bigotry!

In your cult, don't YOU have all the rights?

Anyways, it's kinda funny you chimed in, because I brought you up in conversation yesterday. Some of us were discussing how we did or did not spend our time on Easter or Passover and some people were saying how they're not religious, so they did absolutely nothing special, beyond coming last night to see Knock-Out. And I suggested they might alternately join the Matt Wixson religion, except we're unclear what they'd have been doing last weekend as a result. :scratch:

Matt Wixson · **Joined:** Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:32 pm **Posts:** 765

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