Subscribe to Breaking NewsWithers: Will NY follow NH?
What a difference a week makes (too bad Dinah Washington isn’t around to give us a rendition of her signature song). Seven days ago there was teeth gnashing over the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Prop 8 vote. Heck we even had some keyboard revolutionaries leaving messages here about how it’s time to either shoot straight people or burn a few churches (how is that going you little pink Mau Maus?).
Today there is nothing but jubilation. Yesterday New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch put his signature on a gay marriage bill and starting in 2010, same sex couples will be able to walk down the aisle in the Live Free or Die State. The happiness is well deserved because it proves what Dan Savage pointed out: we are winning.
Attention now turns to New York and there is conflicting data. State Sen.Tom Duane, who is leading the fight in Albany, says there are enough votes to pass same sex marriage legislation. This turned Duane’s colleague, Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., hissy and the anti-gay marriage advocate released a statement telling Duane to “shut-up” (Diaz has a history of press releases filled with operatic histrionics).
Wish I had a crystal ball that would show how the New York Senate will vote, but I have no idea what is going to happen. Nate Silver, over at 538.com, crunches the numbers and says it’s going to be a tough haul but nothing is definitive.
It makes my day to think like Nate.
PS: RIP Koko Taylor.
CA and NY,are those places in the United States? It´s ok if you are in “big” city, otherwis, unless we hit the smaller town in these “states” there will never be equality. I hate to feel this way, but I think that NY will be anoter CA, esecially ifthe LGBT keep “preaching to the choir”
I agree wih many others, let the chips fall where they may, but once we know exactly where and WHO all the bigots are, we need to back the campaigns of those that will be EQUALITY fighters and send the ohers home…
Momma used to say “the squeaky wheel gets the oil” so NY, get to sqeaking in EVERY lil town, community, etc. that you can find.
Furtermore,please look and lear from CA and other states mistakes!
I will remind you that black mau maus successfully got rid of their persecutors and took over Kenya onto freedom. Emulating htem is not a negative.
im from new hampshire and i say yay its about time we have gay marriage there roll out the rainboe carpet first stop gay marriage next stop gay pride new hampshire!!