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NEW YORK HALFWAY TO GAYSVILLE: Governor Paterson’s proposal to legalize gay marriage in New York has passed the State Assembly. Some Republicans even voted for it! Now it just has to be approved by the State Senate, which will be harder. [Politicker NY]
9:27 AM
on Wed May 13 2009
By
Sara K. Smith
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This move could save the NYC newspapers– gay wedding announcements!
From the article: “Additionally, Crystal Peoples did not vote”
First Minnesota takes away the lizard peoples’ vote; now the NY State Assembly ignores the voice of the crystal people. The state may be advancing the rights of the gay man; but when will it recognize the rights of the crystal man?
What does the State Senate’s more prodigious boner have to do with passing the bill?
Movin’ on around the world: Gay Train!
I am happy with our assembly, but there’s not a chance in hell that it’s passing the senate, unless they can convince a downstate republican or an upstate democrat. They’re short one vote - damn Ruben Diaz.
Let’s see how gay they are after being married!
On the downside - my opposite marriage has been devalued (only by half cause the bill has not been passed yet)
On the upside - soon I will be able to get gay married.
Even more NY Repubs earning their whore diamonds! Good times.
I guess there was Adam and Steve, huh?
On Noes! If it passes New York, we Vermonters will be surrounded on all sides by gay married abortionists. Oh wait, nevermind.
Here’s a chance for New York republicans to reinforce their identity as The Party of No and remain firmly on the wrong side of history. Come on you crankypants NY-Rs, I have faith in you!
Everyone knows that Adam left that nag Eve for Steve, loquaciousmusic.
Actually, some repubs voted for it. But, apparently they are falling into lockstep in the senate, and we happen to have at least one democrat who is a crazy pentecostal minister. However, I know there are some repubs in LI that the good guys think they can convince to vote yes. We’ll have to see. But kudos to the always awesome James Tedisco for comparing this bill to allowing polygamy!
Godammit people. Can we hurry the fuck up and get this out the way so we can progress to the next level of realizing how stupid marriage is in the first place? Thanks.
Thank you, New York! We’re now one step closer to man on dog marriage, hooray!
Will George Clooney annouce his weeding plans now?
Holy Cow!!: That forbidden fruit was not an apple.
gossipgirl: Polygamy? What about pedophilia? Or Rick Santorum’s dog-marrying? Can these be far behind?
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes THE BLOODY END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
But in all seriousness why is Prop 8 still in California? I mean, Iowa beat us to the punch. IOWA of all places.
Mark Sanford: Jinx!
shortsshortsshorts: Hie thee to Kolob for your answers on Prop 8.
Larry Fine: Geez, I wasn’t even aware he had a garden.
From the desk of U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania DEMOCRAT
Hey, guys! Arlen here!
Hey, just wanted to let you know that I fully, completely support this “gay marriage” thing, and I’m going to be sponsoring legislation soon that will legalize this “gay marriage” thing in all 50 states, and all of the United States territories–I think we have five or six of those things now, including that island Peurto Del Rico down there near Cuba.
I think it’s fun that men are marrying men, and women are marrying women–especially the latter, which, I have to admit, somewhat excites me!
And this new marriage stuff should make things easier for several guys I work with, or did work with, on the Hill, including Barney Frankel, Mark Follies and that weird Larry Craigslist guy.
Okay, gotta’ run–have a meeting at the White House with Obama, Biden and that Emanual guy, who I think is the Second Vice President, or Assistant Vice President, or something like that.
And, oh, I’ll be hanging out at Busboys and Poets, the original location, tonight about 10 p.m. with my peeps!
Later!
–Arlen.
gossipgirl: But he lost.So we get to revel in his misery/irrelevance.
BigDupa: WIN
loquaciousmusic: Only at the Plaza in June.
Damn, you west coasters are up early!
Mark Sanford: I’ll be waiting forever, down here in Texas, with my box turtle. I love him so hard!
Custerwolf: It was Kirk Cameron with a banana.
This is part of an ongoing, left wing assualt on the heteros.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30722757/
Working behind the scenes to defeat this, I am smelling the powerful Iowa gay tourism interests.
Why are our elected representatives constantly thwarting the will of the people?
sanantonerose: I’m completely cornfuckled.
We Midwesterners think that New York IS Gaysville, and that Toledo is the REAL halfway to Gaysville.
BRING BACK CRYSTAL MARRIAGE!
Also.
sanantonerose: New York will now be referred to as The Big Banana.
hobospacejunkie: Seriously, given some of the men I’ve met in NYC, I’d like to tell Santorum that I’d be BETTER OFF with the dog.
gossipgirl: Custerwolf has some experience french kissing a dog (and who knows what else…meow, er, well.) Perhaps she can give you some pointers.
Now it just has to be approved by the State Senate, which will be harder.
So right now the two houses are equally flaccid, but soon the Senate will grow tumescent with breathless dreams of major boning?
Forced Sodomy for everyone!
And to think I left Maine for New York!
hobospacejunkie: More than one…
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/brontie2/nellie.jpg
Kingbee: I don’t know about that. Iowa is pretty frickin’ gay.
Custerwolf: Godammit people. Can we hurry the fuck up and get this out the way so we can progress to the next level of realizing how stupid marriage is in the first place? Thanks.
Among the babble, hype and brouhaha, rises a single Voice of Reason.
Custerwolf: Why shouldn’t teh geyz be just as miserable as everybody else?
V572625694: Haha - I love Chris Rock. And besides, I can’t take any more jokes about Iowa being more progressive then my home state (or of CA where I spend a lot of time).
sanantonerose:
Haha, the stupid, it tickles!
And yet, fucking a prostitute is still illegal. How priorities change.
Lionel Hutz Esq.: Well if we just gave the prostitutes health care and required them to have regular check-ups (like Vegas does), everything would be okay. BUT IT WOULDNT, SO NEVERMIND THAT WHOLE LINE OF REASONING.
I feel sorry for Iowa. I was sure they could get some amazing economic gay wedding boost. Now who in the gay community would go there if they can honeymoon on Broadway vs. the corn fields?
But, hey, that’s market economics at work. We’re becoming perfectly competitve in terms of gay wedding locations. Hurray!!
BTW, average room rates in NYC are jumping by $20 a room now on the speculative market.
karen: Wait, if I’m a prostitute, I need regular check-ups? Well who’se socalized health plan is gonna pay for that when in Texas and Wasilla I have to pay for my own rape kit
karen: Now that is preventative health care we can believe in!
V572625694: Hush! Marriage isn’t bad — if I were still single, I’d actually have to clean up after myself rather than having my live-in servant/sex slave do it.