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I’m largely indifferent towards CNN personality Piers Morgan and his “news” program. But he had a great moment this week in an interview with Christine O’Donnell.
In case you need a refresher: O’Donnell was the candidate for Congress that, after
Last night someone linked me to a story about same-sex marriage and in particular a recent poll showing that a slim majority of New Yorkers now opposed it.
I hit the brakes when I read that last part. […]
The more I see of the opposition to same-sex marriage, the more I become convinced that it’s definitely going to get passed this year, and most likely this session. As such, groups that are lobbying so heavily against the measure are not only fighting an uphill battle, but putting their own long-term viability at risk.
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In the last several days, one of the rallying cries against gay marriage has been that there will be “unforeseen consequences” if the bill were to pass. It reminds me of quotes I read in history books from politicians in the middle of the twentieth century who loved black people but were were worried about […]
The mother of local writer and artist Alan Ilagan, a homosexual in a committed relationship with another man he considers for all intents and purposes (except legal in NY) his husband, sent a letter to the Times Union that was published in yesterday’s paper:
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Courtesy of a video posted online by New York Now (see the 4:47 mark), I finally received the context from the picture of Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who voted against same-sex-marriage, holding up a glossy photo of Lady Gaga with a telephone on her […]
The most important lesson to take from the events of the last twenty-four hours is that passage of legislation legalizing same-sex marriage will not lead to moral decay and the destabilization of all we hold dear in our society.
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Last night, after the Boston Bruins won game seven of the NHL […]
What made me proud to be a constituent of State Senator Roy McDonald wasn’t his public proclamation that he would be the 31st confirmed vote for gay marriage on the floor of the Senate. Rather, it was the fallout and what he […]
Yesterday was Capital Pride 2011, Albany’s annual showcase for its gay community to show its unity and strength in the face of what is, despite what many insist to the contrary, the last acceptable form of discrimination.
Naturally the parade drew its protestors. They came last […]
In a recent post (Why is Senator Roy McDonald still “undecided” about gay marriage? Friday 6/3/11) , a commenter made the assertion that marriage is a privilege, not a […]
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