Spitzer introduces gay marriage bill.
By on Apr 27th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Spitzer introduces gay marriage bill.
Today, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) introduced a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, making him “the first governor in the nation to introduce a gay marriage bill.” Read Spitzer’s statement HERE.
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I am seeing a trend here... consternos must be wringing their hands in disgust and frustration...
April 27th, 2007 at 4:28 pmHere comes Daryll. To talk about how he's not a log cabin republican again.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:28 pmEliot Spitzer is a go-getter.
He could be a good Presidential candidate in a few years.
He is not owned by the insurance industry, that's for sure.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:29 pmSpitzer:you go girl!
April 27th, 2007 at 4:35 pmSorry to be off topic but: Sen.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:35 pmKerry said that Bldg #7 at WTC on 9/11 was brought down deliberately. It undermines the official story of events and how they unfolded on 9/11.
If they refuse to admit this (EMTs and safety officials were all prepared for the demolition; news agencies were handed bulletins before it happened), it begs the quesion what else are they refusing to admit? Hence, the silence.
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/april2007/230407building7.htm
Thank you, Gov. Spitzer, for being progressive.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:36 pmwhiteyfresh,
I get it. "You go girl" Meaning that since he is for equal protection under the law, he must desire to be a different gender. Spot on!!
April 27th, 2007 at 4:37 pmTHere goes the neighborhood!~
April 27th, 2007 at 4:39 pmRedneck,
Are you feeling threatened by the idea of two people marrying each other tha you don't even know?
April 27th, 2007 at 4:40 pmDaryll...oh Daryll
You may want to cancel that trip to RIO.
You've got more important issues in New York.
but please, do enlighten us to the graphic details you know, oh so well, about homosexual sex
Thanks, big boy!
April 27th, 2007 at 4:42 pmWhat is the real reason to deny people the right to marry who they choose? Marriage is a civil ceremony between two people; a legal act that allows for certain tax, property and other privileges. For some marriage is a religious ceremony that requires a legal document. If you subscribe to a religion that opposes such unions, they won't be performed in your church. But a religious ceremony shouldn't be confused with a civil ceremony.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:46 pmThis is a legal matter - a civil matter - and there really is no good reason to prohibit it from people who desire it.
MA, CT, NH, now NY.
Finally, thoughts and actions are moving out of the "dark ages".
----"If one of us are chained, none of us are free."
April 27th, 2007 at 4:51 pmThe problme Marie is that people think that marriage is a sacred partnering under God and it isn't. To the US government it is a contract just like any corporation. The religious part of the ceremony is only icing on a legal cake.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:51 pm11...There is no reason, other than the benefit republicans receive for using it as a wedge issue. Now that republicans are losing their power to instill fear in people over this, they will be looking for a new wedge issue soon.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:54 pmThis New Yorker is so damn proud to live in a progressive state.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:59 pmThis New Yorker is so damn proud to be living in a progressive state. You rock, Spitzer!
April 27th, 2007 at 5:00 pmWhat are the political prospects of this actually becoming law?
What are its chances in getting the support in the NY Legislature to get passed?
FYI, here in Oregon, we anticipate within the next week or so to pass Civil-Unions which grant the same stat-level rights and protections as civil-marriage (separate and almost equal). Still half a loaf as it were, but progress for equality under the law for everyone.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:09 pmGreat post trueblue and all...Blessings
April 27th, 2007 at 5:11 pm#17 clarification, the Oregon Senate is about to pass the civil-union bill, which has already been passed by the house and will then head to the Governor Ted Kulongoski's desk to sign (which he has indicated he will do).
April 27th, 2007 at 5:11 pmlestatdelc,
I imagine it's only a matter of time before other states start honoring same sex marriages.
The precedent is already set in MA.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:13 pm"Eliot Spitzer is a go-getter.
Comment by Tom3 — April 27, 2007"
Eliot Spitzer is an idiot!
April 27th, 2007 at 5:18 pm#21 You are basing that statement on what precisely?
April 27th, 2007 at 5:23 pm"#21 You are basing that statement on what precisely?
Comment by lestatdelc — April 27, 2007"
Introducing legislation to legalize same sex marriages! What do you think I meant?
April 27th, 2007 at 5:25 pmmichael is an idiot...just ignore him.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:30 pm"Thank you, Gov. Spitzer, for being progressive.
Comment by Republicans are the Fear and Smear Cowboy — April 27, 2007"
Thank you Gov Spitzer for showing everybody what a liberal fool you are!
April 27th, 2007 at 5:33 pmmichael is the one who stalks Zooey.
I say we please ignore him.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:37 pm#23 Why is that iditotic?
You think keeping discrimination in the law is good and that ending discrimination under the law is "idiotic"...?
As Inigo Montoya said, You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:38 pmI love that same sex marriage became law here in MA under Mitt Romney's watch.
**snicker**
April 27th, 2007 at 5:38 pmgreat movie, lestatdelc!
April 27th, 2007 at 5:40 pm:)
Eliot Spitzer is an idiot!
Comment by michael — April 27, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
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Considering that YOU think BUSH is a great president, then how can you judge? I mean, because Spitzer is educated, can formulate full sentences, is articulate, and not in the pocket of large corporations, you call him an IDIOT???
Poor soul, your illiterate, misinformed, and hopelessly lost in your IGNORANCE. You may wake up someday, but BIGOTS like you often never learn until it's too late...
April 27th, 2007 at 5:44 pm"You think keeping discrimination in the law is good and that ending discrimination under the law is “idioticâ€â€¦?
Comment by lestatdelc — April 27, 2007"
Marriage is btween a man and a woman. Why? Because a man and a woman procreate. Refusing to change this is hardly discriminatory, it's common sense!
April 27th, 2007 at 5:46 pm"michael is the one who stalks Zooey.
I say we please ignore him.
Comment by trueblue — April 27, 2007"
Stalks? Hardly, I challenged her and she always ran away crying. By the way, I haven't seen her lately! Did she take my advise and start hanging out on a Disney blog?
April 27th, 2007 at 5:48 pmCouples who can't procreate can't get married. Sounds reasonable. I hereby declare null and void all marriage contracts between married couples who do not have children or do not intend to have children.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:50 pmPlease ignore the a$$ that just dissed our Mistress Z.
He's NOT worth it.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:50 pm"Please ignore the a$$ that just dissed our Mistress Z.
He’s NOT worth it.
Comment by trueblue — April 27, 2007"
Especially when I challenge you and you have no answer!
April 27th, 2007 at 5:55 pmfunny, the troll never challenged me....
I just asked others to ignore it.
Huh. Go figure.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:00 pm"I hereby declare null and void all marriage contracts between married couples who do not have children or do not intend to have children.
Comment by G W Bush — April 27, 2007"
Thank you! I wanted out of this damn marriage anyway!
April 27th, 2007 at 6:04 pm#31 The most moronic answer ever given. Marriage is not tied to procreation moron. Couples who can't have, or never intend to have children can be legally married. Stop eating the paint chips dumb-ass.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:16 pm#37 I'm sure you poor suffering spouse feels that same.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:16 pmActually, to frame the issue correctly, you'd really want to say Spitzer introduces marriage equality bill.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:01 pmFine, Stevious, then the State should get out of the marriage-license business all together. A study to be published in the upcoming June edition of the American Journal of Public Health has researchers alarmed about growing rates of syphilis among homosexual and bisexual men. The overall number of syphilis cases in the United States continued to fall from 50,578 in 1990 to 7,177 in 2003. Nevertheless, homosexual men have seen their rates rise significantly in this decade.
April 28th, 2007 at 12:23 amJake, I'm not sure what your point is. The issue here is legal: equal protection under the law, one of the rights guaranteed to all in the bill of rights of the US Constitution.
Under current law, partners unable to enter into a civil marriage — and their children — lack legal protections taken for granted by married couples. In such areas as property ownership, inheritance, health care, hospital visitation, taxation, insurance coverage, child custody and pension benefits, married couples receive important safeguards against the loss or injury of a spouse, and crucial insurance against legal intrusion into marital privacy.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:15 amJake doesnt have a point. He simply exists to irritate others.
> has researchers alarmed about growing rates of syphilis among
> homosexual
guess that means they should settle down a committed, monogamous relationship and stop spreading it then.
ps. they;ve got a cure for syphillus now. sorry it got to your CNS before you found out the Veternans Administration pays for treatement..
April 28th, 2007 at 1:27 amI was reading an article on msnbc.com, I think, and it said another state... new hampshire maybe, that just recently passed a civil union bill.
So... we're making headway.
April 28th, 2007 at 10:31 amStevious:
We also don't allow close relations, three, four, or more people to marry each other. Is that next? My point is that the State should get out of the marriage-license business all together.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:19 amComment by trueblue — April 27, 2007″
Especially when I challenge you and you have no answer!
Comment by michael
And I've asked you several times in the past two months what illustrious people were produced by your supposedly superior private high school. I already listed for you at least three times some who graduated from my supposedly "inferior" public high school and also even answered your question about what the Japanese character-compound 阿呆 means. But you're the one who runs away and has no answer to this very simple question, hypocrite!
April 28th, 2007 at 11:51 amJake, do try to stay on topic, we're not talking about you marrying your four sisters, we're talking marriage equality for gay couples.
April 28th, 2007 at 10:21 pmAnd, I'm asking AFTER marriage equality for gay couples, is incest next?
April 28th, 2007 at 10:51 pmSpitzer introduces gay marriage bill.
eewwww, that's just nasty!
April 29th, 2007 at 1:04 amRight now, only Massachusetts has legalized gay marriage.
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