I also believe in the term marriage equality. But the web is a strange thing – and in order for people to find stories on equal marriage through Google, etc., we need to use “gay marriage.”

It’s what people search for, and how search engines find our stories.

Warmly,

Jay

Absolutely correct!

Marriage EQUALITY. people!

Every single goddamn*d time someone says gay marriage as opposed to MARRIAGE EQUALITY, we lose support. If you support marriage equality then call it marriage equality. If you want our side to continue to lose for another 100 years, then by all means keep refering to marriage equality as gay marriage.

When a candidate is asked “Do you support gay marriage?” it is easy for him/her to say NO, but I support “equal” rights. When you ask a candidate “do you support marriage equality” it makes it harder for them to weasel out and the mere use of the term “marriage equality” dispels myths in the minds of those who are convincible.

One POWERFUL myth that the anti-marriage equality forces have, is that “gay marriage” is opposed to traditional marriage. When we say “We want gay marriage” in their minds, it’s as if we’re saying down with traditional marriage. So, our solution is clear as a bell, if you are inteligent, and that is use the term marriage equality NOT gay marriage.

That and the fact that he has worked on gay rights issues before, and has repeatedly spoken out in favor of gay marriage. In fact, while a gay couple can’t get married in New York legally, gay marriage is already legal in New York. New York recognizes any gay marriage performed in any place where gay marriage is legal. Be it Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Iowa, Canada, etc…

Who do we have to thank for that? David Paterson. It was his executive order that made legal recognition of gay marriages performed out of state legal.

He is genuine as far as I’m concerned.

Patterson’s poll numbers are lower than both Nixon and Bush, quite a feat even in a time of economic crisis. There is also a growing opposition to this bill both in the legislature and in communities across NY state.

Patterson does not have the political capital and the Democratic caucus with its slim majority doesn’t show much enthusiasm. This bill will only allow us to see who is for equal rights and those who oppose it.

As was stated elsewhere, almost every year is “not good” for marriage equality. There’s fundraising, there are elections, there’s the Presidency, there are “political considerations”…make enough people angry, and inaction based on self-preservation can mean the end of a political career. Patterson may be cunning, or he may really be balls-out, but he’s done more in three weeks than ANY of New York’s Congressional delegation in their combined years of service.