Guest Dabeagle Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Finally the Empire State has something to cheer about. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43507672/ns/po...-more_politics/ Link to comment
The Pecman Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Great story. Cuomo campaigned partly on this, so it was a foregone conclusion that he would sign the bill, but I'm glad the state legislature came in-line as well. Incredible that California voted it down... Maybe we'll have a chance of re-introducing the bill and getting it through this time. Link to comment
Graeme Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Incredible that California voted it down... Maybe we'll have a chance of re-introducing the bill and getting it through this time. I thought the California legislative passed a bill, but it was vetoed by the Governor. Regardless, good news for New York! Link to comment
Steven Keiths Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 I thought the California legislative passed a bill, but it was vetoed by the Governor. No, the govenor, at that time, Arnold Schwarzenneger (sp?) did not veto the legislation. It was Prop 8 that was approved by the voters that put a halt to gay marriage. Now, of course, it is in the courts. Arnold is (was) not apposed to such a bill. Our current Gov. Jerry Brown thinks government has no business legislating marriage in this sense. Link to comment
DKStories Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 No, the govenor, at that time, Arnold Schwarzenneger (sp?) did not veto the legislation. It was Prop 8 that was approved by the voters that put a halt to gay marriage. Now, of course, it is in the courts. Arnold is (was) not apposed to such a bill. Our current Gov. Jerry Brown thinks government has no business legislating marriage in this sense. Hate to have to do this to ya, but... http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-10-13/bay-area/17266566_1_same-sex-marriage-veto-message-marriage-bill ://http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-10-...marriage-bill ://http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-10-...marriage-bill He didn't veto it once, he did it TWICE. It was the California Supreme Court that enabled gay marriages via a court case. Then the folks at protectmarriage qualified the ballot initiative and Prop 8 was passed. It is an important lesson that I hope the folks in New York pay attention to and learn from better than we did out here. When the California weddings started, support for gay marriage was over 50% in this state. Our state voted for Barack Obama and we elected a large number of democrats in 2008. Yet, Prop 8 still passed. Enjoy today's victory, but prepare for tomorrow's battle. Do not be surprised when the opponents of gay marriage start pushing, and getting a ballot proposition to nullify this victory. Edit: I almost wish I lived in New York. That great state has no citizen-oriented initiative process so only the legislature can put the issue before the voters. This is good news all around! Link to comment
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