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Gay N.Y. Assemblyman introduces marriage bill
Crossing fingers for this to be NY’s year and hoping the Rhode Island’s back door deal don’t show up here.
Openly gay New York Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell on Tuesday launched his fourth effort to legalize marriage for same-sex couples in the Empire State. O’Donnell has led successful votes on similar bills three times, only to see the drive for marriage equality die in the State Senate.
A coalition of statewide and national LGBT groups, backed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, are pushing hard to pass a marriage bill in the waning days of the current legislative session, according to the New York Times:
Gay rights advocates gathered in Albany on Monday to rally near the Capitol and to lobby legislators individually. Lawmakers in both chambers had been deferring to Mr. Cuomo, who has made legalizing same-sex marriage a top priority and this week began a statewide tour to bolster support for that and other issues, to introduce his own bill. But at a time when no Senate Republican has yet voiced support for a same-sex marriage bill — and prospects for victory seem uncertain at best — Mr. Cuomo has held off, with the apparent support of advocates and Senate Democrats who support the bill.
“It is obvious that now, more than ever before, the people cannot, and will not, wait any longer for our government to enshrine equality for all in our state’s laws,” Mr. O’Donnell said in a statement.
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Navy reverses: will no longer allow same sex marriages | News Story on 365gay.com
Under pressure from more than five dozen House lawmakers, the Navy late Tuesday abruptly reversed its decision that would have allowed chaplains to perform same-sex unions if the Pentagon decides to recognize openly gay military service later this year.
(Source: fuckyeahlesbians, via civillyunioned)
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“Falling in love, getting married, and building a family is part of the American dream. I believe that all Americans, including committed gay and lesbian couples, should have the opportunity to pursue that dream.”Caroline Kennedy becomes 100,000th Signer on Open Letter Urging President Obama to Support the Freedom to Marry (via civillyunioned)
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NJ Supreme Court refuses marriage case
Same-sex couples suing over New Jersey’s Civil Union Act will have to start over in the lower courts, according to a ruling today by the state’s Supreme Court.
Marriage equality advocates contend the law does not accomplish what the high court mandated in a landmark ruling four years ago–that the full rights and benefits afforded to heterosexual married couples also be extended to same-sex couples. State lawmakers responded to that ruling then by passing the Civil Union Act, and earlier this year the New Jersey Senate declined to replace it with a marriage equality law.
The court, in a 3-3 vote, said, “We reach no conclusion on the merits of the plaintiffs’ allegations regarding the constitutionality of the Civil Union Act,” but added that the suit would need to accumulate a trial record by winding its way through lower courts first.
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Voicing their views on same-sex marriage | The Providence Journal
Congrats to my friends in RI for a successful counter protest!
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Argentina Senate to Vote on Gay Marriage
“Mrs. Kirchner harshly criticized church leaders on Monday, saying that their discourse on the issue resembled “the times of the Crusades” and that they failed to acknowledge how socially liberal Argentina had become.
“They are portraying this as a religious moral issue and as a threat to ‘the natural order,’ when what we are really doing is looking at a reality that is already there,” the president said from Beijing. “It would be a terrible distortion of democracy if they denied minorities their rights.”
Gay rights advocates said Mrs. Kirchner and her husband, former President Néstor Kirchner, are responding to polls showing that nearly 70 percent of Argentines support giving gay people the same marital rights as heterosexuals.”
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How Marriage Bans Teach Children Marriage Isn’t Necessary
“The danger isn’t just to the millions of children with lesbian or gay parents. If their friends and classmates see that same-sex couples are raising happy and healthy children without marriage (as valid academic studies continue to show), they, too, may begin to wonder if marriage is even needed for successful child rearing.
This argument also answers the question of why domestic partnerships or civil unions won’t do. They provide some or all of the rights and benefits of marriage, but they will not—by definition—show children what it means to be “married.” Instead, they will convey that an alternative is acceptable.
This is not to say that everyone will or should regard marriage as necessary. That is a personal choice faced by each person. The sweeping exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage, however, takes it away from the realm of personal choice and makes the statement that it isn’t necessary for an entire group of people. That, as I see it, is far more damaging to the institution.”
(via Mombian)
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A good synopsis of the federal marriage discrimination decision; what is it and what it means. Thank goodness for GLAD!!!
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Civilly Unioned: Victory! Court Finds Federal Marriage Discrimination Unconstitutional
It’s a great day for equality!
You and I know that a marriage is a marriage. Today, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro came to that same conclusion when he ruled that section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional.
Judge Tauro recognized that for no good reason, DOMA…
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“Republican Governor Linda Lingle vetoed Civil Unions in Hawaii because “it deserves to be decided by all the people”. In other words, minority rights should be put up to the whims of the majority.”
Ironically and sadly, it should be noted that the Governor is both the first female and the first Jewish governor of Hawaii and would likely not have been able to be where she is today if the majority had been allowed to vote on her rights.
Box Turtle Bulletin » Hawaii Civil Unions Vetoed
(via civillyunioned)
