Marriage Equality Rally in Queens, Tonight 6pm-8pm in Athens Park in Astoria (take the N/W train to 30th Avenue) More details here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=83785986862
Quinn, who spent time in Albany this past week meeting with undecided senators, is cautiously optimistic. “It was amazing how much openness there was,” she said of private meetings with lawmakers who are undecided and even a few who have said they are likely to oppose the legislation. “We just all have to create a [...]
The new calling tool is off the shelf and into action. This gives NewYorkEquality.com every available means to contact and influence your State Senator. If you’ve already written your letter, call your State Senator too! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT And again, this only works if we not only do it ourselves, but personally [...]
Our first pile of letters was delivered to the Capitol yesterday, via the hand of Al Benninghoff of MYD and NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. Though they were delivered in closed-door meetings, one GOP State Senator is rumored to have said: “Wow, these letters are all from MY district?” Damn straight. Keep them coming–send [...]
Julie was on CNN.com earlier today talking about newyorkequality.com – check it out here: http://www.cnn.com/video/?JSONLINK=/video/living/2009/05/26/dcl.bloggers.prop.8.cnn
It’s our one week anniversary here on the Internets – and it wouldn’t have been the amazing first week it was without the one and only Perez Hilton – who linked thru to us mere hours after the site went live – and brought along tens of thousands of his wonderful friends. NY visitors from [...]
Thanks, David: Right now, the New York State Legislature is debating the issue of Marriage Equality. Councilman Yassky is an ardent supporter of civil rights and equal rights and by extension supports legalizing same sex marriage in the state of New York. Equality isn’t something that should have to be legislated—and the Manhattan Young Democrats [...]
As for the fears of those who feel endangered by the bill, a word of advice: If you really think that gays’ wedding each other threatens your marriage, you should spend more time in counseling than talking politics because your marriage is pretty shaky to begin with. In fact, given the heterosexual divorce rate, allowing [...]
Meghan McCain, daughter of the Senator and presidential candidate John McCain, has an opinion piece in the Daily News today. It’s actually an open letter to NY State’s Republicans, asking them to support the state’s gay marriage legislation, http://gothamist.com/2009/05/22/meghan_mccain_urges_ny_state_gop_to.php
