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Wed Dec-02-09 02:20 PM
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2:20 PM - NYS Senate about to vote on Marriage Equality |
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Senator Tom Duane now closing debate. Live feed at: http://livestream.com/nysenate
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:22 PM
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:24 PM
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"Anti" votes haven't been participating in debate. Expected to be close.
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:26 PM
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:27 PM
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I wasn't sure the VT legislature could overturn the governor's veto- but they did.
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:29 PM
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5. I don't 'know', exactly, but I've lived here long enough to know |
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that the New York Assembly is conservative in fact even if liberal in theory.
That is, if it was going to pass, supporters would KNOW and would be saying it's a done deal.
The uncertainty about the vote tells me that it's not going to pass.
Hope I'm wrong, though, of course. :)
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Wed Dec-02-09 03:07 PM
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19. I think our Assembly is much more Liberal than the Senate. The Assembly has voted |
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for Same Sex Marriage and Medical Marijuana Legalization. The First, just shot down by the Senate and the Second, ignored and never voted on by the Senate.
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:32 PM
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:40 PM
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7. Duane says he needs "a new gay hip". n/t |
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:42 PM
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8. Roll Call about to start... |
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:52 PM
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maybe they are just grouped in the alphabet? Still hoping.
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:53 PM
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11. I like Senator Parker |
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And he called that out plain as day. The "no" votes are all about political cowardice.
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:56 PM
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13. Eric Adams was brilliant too. "I was not around to march with Dr. King.." |
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"or to address the atrocities about the Italians, the Irish, but we have no business interfering with love"
Something like that.
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:55 PM
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12. Here comes the count... |
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:57 PM
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16. Senator Diaz can go hug his Bible, thank God it failed. |
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Wed Dec-02-09 02:58 PM
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Wed Dec-02-09 03:01 PM
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18. List of Democratic no's |
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Edited on Wed Dec-02-09 03:02 PM by Prism
For your primary consideration:
* Joseph Addabbo (D) NO * Darrel Aubertine (D) NO * Ruben Diaz (D) NO Sen. Smith, it is better to keep your word. * Shirley Huntley (D) NO * Carl Kruger (D) NO * Hiram Monserrate (D) NO * George Onorato (D) NO * William Stachowski (D) NO
Note, had the party we support supported us in turn, gay marriage would be a reality in New York today.
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Wed Dec-02-09 03:12 PM
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Edited on Wed Dec-02-09 03:12 PM by brendan120678
So many of the Democrats who voted No come from Queens county, which is considered one of the most diverse Counties in the country.
Joseph Addabbo (D) Queens County Darrel Aubertine (D) Jefferson County (way upstate) Ruben Diaz (D) Bronx Shirley Huntley (D) Queens County Carl Kruger (D) Brooklyn Hiram Monserrate (D) Queens County George Onorato (D) Queens County William Stachowski (D) Erie County
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Wed Dec-02-09 03:14 PM
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21. Queens wants to be the suburbs, and it's so not. |
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