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02/20/2004 Archived Entry: "Fear as motivation"
Fear as motivation
There are days that I'm just ashamed to be a resident of New York State. Today is one of them.
The state Conservative Party on Friday warned New York lawmakers to outlaw gay unions now or risk similar gains for same-sex marriage supporters in Massachusetts and California.A bill in the state Legislature would ban same-sex marriages, saying a "marriage or union is absolutely void if contracted by two persons of the same sex, regardless of whether such marriage or union is recognized or solemnized in another jurisdiction," according to the state Conservative Party.
The idea met little initial support among legislative leaders.
"We don't see it moving," said Eileen Larrabee, spokeswoman for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat.
While similar bills have died without action in the past, state Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long hopes the measure will generate more interest this election year.
"It's my hope legislators will feel some pressure from constituents at home to protect the institution of marriage," Long said. "There is more focus now than ever before on the issue. A failure to act by the Legislature could lead this state into a lot of problems."
At least 34 states have enacted so-called defense of marriage laws.
Replies: 5 people speak up
this thing isn't going anywhere here in ny. even if every yahoo north of the bronx screamed for it.
if anything, this is what should have been expected from idiots like the conservative party.
Posted by phillip @ 02/20/2004 06:29 PM NY
Reminds me of Dan Quayle's condemnation of Candice Bergen's character in "Murphy Brown" when Murphy became a single mom. Seems like eons ago. That was a shot across the bow in the Culture War. The banning of gay marriages is an attempt to launch a broadside.
I anticipate "moderate" Dems to waffle on the issue fearing a conservative backlash leading into the general election.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 02/20/2004 07:38 PM NY
I'm a resident of west Tennessee. Wanna swap houses? Or at least Senates?
....didn't think so. Damn. :-(
Oh yeah, on the topic at hand...IMHO the party line should be "We support the equal rights of all Americans under the 14th Amendment as we're sure you do too, since you took an oath to support, protect and defend the Constitution. [beat] NOW, Mr. President, if we could get back to the matter of the economy/the war/the lack of health insurance security/the WMD/the whereabouts of the man who actually attacked America, Osama Bin Laden.....?"
He needs this "Gay Marriage" subject desperately to keep attention away from his miserable failures. Don't give it to him.
Posted by Xan @ 02/20/2004 09:17 PM NY
Legislating relationships, outlawing free choice,
denying expressions of love and companionship. These are sign posts along the road to the heart of darkness. Is this what we want for America?
If standard marriage is so ordained by God Herself, what's up with the over 50 perecent divorce rate?
And I would be interested in knowing the stats between domestic violence of same gender couples verses man/woman relationships.
And then there are the churches, the religionists....experts on marriage!? Roight. Most of them are still working on the "woman is unclean" principle. They had a press release today, but they had to skip it. Working on the 'new math'calcuations for the pervert priest list...
"maybe we count only odd number days with priests whose names start with every other letter....how is our tally then?"
Time to stand up for each other.
A cusp is at hand.
New world within, new world begin.
Posted by Aristophanes @ 02/21/2004 09:51 AM NY
Oh Yeah! I agree with the above posts! I think with all the lies that Dubya has told so far, he needs this distraction badly. Yeah, he's even willing to go so far as to rewrite the Constitution and define "Marriage" as only being that between a "Man and a Woman".
Meanwhile, it's more of the same:
What WMDs? You misinterpreted what I said. I served my country proudly during Vietnam! Don't slam the Guard. Oh! and btw...all those jobs that are going away, well, that's good for America. Get a LIFE! If you are for real George, then start worrying about the thousands who are becoming homeless because they haven't a viable income to feed their families. Institute a fair and equitable return to saving our Environment. Stop being a puppet for Big Corporation and stand up for Human Rights! Work to restore the World's respect for the integrity of America and take care of us here at home first. Oh yeah! I forgot, you don't know what that means though.
Posted by Emirin @ 02/22/2004 07:05 AM NY
