| # | Author | Message |
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| ecdc
Thu 5/29/2008 12:04a | http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/...dex.html
>>Gov. David Patterson of New York has told state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states and countries where they are legal, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The governor's legal counsel told state agencies in a May 14 memo to revise policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in California and Massachusetts as well as Canada and other countries that allow gays and lesbians to marry, said Erin Duggan, the governor's spokeswoman.<<
You had Massachusetts, Vermont, and now California and New York. At this rate, my home state of Utah should legalize gay marriage just in time to ring in the new century in 2100 AD! |
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| WilliamK99
Thu 5/29/2008 1:17a | It's actually amazing to watch if you look at this and compare it to the Civil Rights movement of the 60's. It seems to be progressing similiarly. |
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| ChurroMonster
Thu 5/29/2008 1:58a | It's the same thing. Civil rights will always be controversial where bigotry is in power. |
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| X-san
Thu 5/29/2008 2:40a | I'm guessing Texas and Utah might just secede over this. :p |
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| Elderp
Thu 5/29/2008 4:14a | ^ Can't say much about Texas, but I don't think Utah cares that much about it. I wouldn't expect Utah to be the next state to recognize them. I find it wierd that NY would recognize them but not perform them. Whatever, anyhow, I am wondering how far this goes. What I mean by that is how do marriage rights extend, and I am not talking about homosexual couples. |
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| DAR
Thu 5/29/2008 4:14a | It's not a big deal that California and New York are doing this, I expect that. But when you can get Oklahoma or Kansas to get on board then you're making waves. |
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| SingleParkPassholder
Thu 5/29/2008 5:29a | "It's actually amazing to watch if you look at this and compare it to the Civil Rights movement of the 60's. It seems to be progressing similiarly."
Yup. |
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| mele
Thu 5/29/2008 7:54a | It is odd that NY recognizes them but won't perform them but any step in the right direction is good! |
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| Dabob2
Thu 5/29/2008 9:43a | New York really needs only 2 seats in the state senate to swing Democratic this fall for that to change.
The Assembly (lower house) has already voted to approve marriage equality. Gov. Patterson has signaled he would sign any such law that came to his desk. The holdup has been the state senate, which is in GOP hands. The majority leader has not even allowed the bill to come to a vote, which is what has killed it.
If the Democrats take control of the state senate, it should at least come to a vote next year, and might well pass. It has already passed the Assembly, and Patterson has indicated he'll sign it. If that happens, that would make NY the first state to enact marriage equality through its legislature, which would be pretty sweet. |
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| jdub
Thu 5/29/2008 10:14a | >>It's not a big deal that California and New York are doing this, I expect that. But when you can get Oklahoma or Kansas to get on board then you're making waves.<<
I think I should enjoy a rustic West Virginia nuptual event. . . |
