The marriage equality bill is at the top of the Governor’s active list for the day. Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in a very unhappy Senator Ruben “I Won’t Stand For A Vote On Homosexual Marriage” Diaz Sr.: Not unexpectedly, the move worsened an already bad situation (as if things could really get any worse in Albany). It [...]
Gov Paterson has suggested that 42 absolutely-vital-to-gov’t-operations-type bills be passed before another agenda with marriage equality can be hammered out. Liz Krueger disagrees, and I think she’s right: “It’s about strategy,” she said. “If you do taxes for local governments and mayoral control, if those get done, the Republicans won’t stay for more. If you [...]
Gov Paterson is trying to exert control over the Senate deadlock. He has appointed two mediators to attempt a deal tomorrow (Republican State Senator John Dunne and former LG Stan Lundine). And: Paterson said that if both sides can not reach a leadership agreement by Tuesday, Court of Appeals Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman would serve [...]
MYD Social Media Strategist Julie Blitzer (”the coolest Blitzer on CNN”–she’s the one in the bottom lefthand corner) joined the discussion on CNN Live’s Blogger Bunch representing our #nyequality coalition a few hours ago. Topics: DADT (the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy) and marriage equality. Embedded video from CNN Video
It’s unclear what the hell is going on in Albany right now, but one thing’s for certain: we still want marriage equality brought to a vote. The New York Equality coalition has been leading the charge through a netroots organizing campaign. We delivered over 1,500 letters to the Capitol with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and [...]
Can’t say I, as a Manhattan Young Democrat – believe anything this guy says is on the level, but: “I am for same-sex marriage,” Mr. Espada said. “There will be no guarantees and no quid pro quos, I think there will be a vote of conscience of the senators. And with my partner in government, [...]
What a mess! The dust definitely needs to settle on this whole thing – stay tuned…
Over the weekend press came out suggesting Democratic State Senators William T. Stachowski (Buffalo area) and David Valesky (Syracuse area) are rethinking the issue – which anyway you look at it is good news. Stachowski was a confirmed No, but now he’s a “at this point” No. Valesky has always been considered on the fence. [...]
With just about three weeks until the end of the legislative session, things are heating up and more orgs are jumping into the fray to make their support heard: The latest effort comes from the New York Civil Liberties Union, which launched a new Web site that features features videos of 12 lesbian and gay [...]
