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New York Senate Does the Right Thing (via Whatever Works)

Wow, I sleep in a little bit, and I wake up to this! Way to go New York for doing the right thing and legalizing same sex marriage!

POSTED BY ORHAN The New York Times reports that lawmakers voted late Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed. The bill was approved on a 33-to-29 vote as 4 Republican state senators joined 29 Democrats in voting for it: James S. Alesi; Stephen M. Saland; Roy J. McDonald; and Mark J. Grisanti. After days of agonized discussion capped by a marathon nine-hour closed-do … Read More

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  1. June 25, 2011 at 6:33 pm | #1

    It’s about time. We are supposed to be free here, but too readily categorize and discriminate against so many different people.

    In OUR future thinking & practices: No racism ALLOWED! No idiotic male chauvinism nor bigoted discrimination ALLOWED! No ideological nor religious motivated terroristic stupidity ALLOWED! No xenophobic isolationism, dumb criminality, abusive exploitation or violence against women and children, nor avaricious global exploitation of humanity ………ALLOWED! – Bobby Seale

  2. June 26, 2011 at 10:40 am | #2

    It sure would be nice if we could evolve that far wouldn’t it? Our history as a nation, as well as our world history over all tells me not to hold my breath.

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