New York citizens didn't vote on gay marriage (it would have failed because of so many minorities) - it was passed politically.
Bullshit! The majority of New Yorkers favor allowing same sex marriage, and the percentage in favor is rising. In January,
a poll by Quinnipiac University found 56% of New York voters favored allowing same sex marriage.
Gay marriage supported by record number of New York voters: 56% according to new poll
BY GLENN BLAIN
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU
Thursday, January 27, 2011
ALBANY - A record number of New York voters want gay marriage legalized, a new poll found.
Fifty-six percent of Empire State voters favor same-sex nuptials, up from the previous best of 51% in 2009, according to the Quinnipiac University survey.
"Gov. Cuomo didn't make a big issue of same-sex marriage in his State of the State speech, but he said he was for it and so are most New Yorkers," said Quinnipiac poll director Maurice Carroll.
Empire State Pride Agenda boss Ross Levi hailed the results, saying it's time "loving same-sex couples in New York can finally protect each other and their children just like any other family."
Support split along party lines, with 69% of Democrats and 55% of independent voters onboard, while the majority of Republicans are opposed.
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By June,
the same poll showed that those in favor had risen another 2%.
A New Bipartisan Consensus Emerging on Gay Marriage?
Daniel Honan on June 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
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According to a recent Quinnipiac Poll, a large majority of New Yorkers support gay marriage, with 58 percent in favor and 36 percent opposed.
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50% of NY churches are Catholic - and many are now full of illegal immigrants to boot. The Catholic Churches are not independent and cant do what the Pope wouldn't. Immigrants and blacks are the most against homosexual joints to start out with. NY is a victory now - won't be in long term.
70% of blacks backed Prop. 8
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/11/70-of-african-a.html
60% of balcks Oppose Gay Marriage
http://drboycespeaks.blogspot.com/2011/04/poll-over-60-of-african-americans.html
Only 37% of blacks support gay marriage
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/20/local/me-gaymarriage20
Majority of Hispanics Oppose ' Gay Marriage':
http://juantornoe.blogs.com/hispani..._campaign=Feed:+blogs/kJUd+(HispanicTrending)
150 Hispanic churches in New York rally against gay marriage
http://www.christianpost.com/news/h...-diaz-against-gay-marriage-in-new-york-51256/
A coalition of 34,000 black churches against of gay marriage.
http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/na...-obama-for-abandoning-defense-of-marriage-act
In the United States of America, the good news is, the Constitution guarantees separation of church and state. The issue is the Constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law. Federal and state
civil laws afford specific rights, privileges and advantages to married couples, including tax advantages and the right to speak for an incapacitated spouce.
Under the New York law, no church has to approve of same sex marriages, and they don't have to offer marriage services to gay couples, but none of those churches has any right, whatsoever, to deny or restrict any of those rights, privileges and advantage to any American citizen.
And I'd bet no gay couple who wants to get married gives a damn what any of those bigoted churches have to say about it.
As a sovereign State, they can pass anything they want but it is not marriage.
Says who? If you live in New York, YES, IT IS! :thumbsup:
Does a black person being against giving equal rights to gays count as irony?
I think so.
It strongly suggests stupidity and an ugly mean streak, as well.
Does a black person being against giving equal rights to gays count as irony?
I think so.
"Black" is not a choice..
Prove that being gay is.
In short I am tired of that argument Craig. Find something else.
You're tired of it only because you can't refute it. All you've got is the irony of your own bigotry. Pathetic! :thumbsdown:
But congratulations. Thanks to you,
classy is the only one word oxymoron in in the English language. D:
Still digusting even if they are black. You can put lipstick on a pig, its still a pig.
Just as you can be an African American bigot, and you're still a bigot.
Prove that, or you're just spewing your own bigotry.
That's OK. Choice is a good thing in a free society. Now that New York has made the union of two men or two women legal, would they still be legal if they moved to, say, Texas?
As
Aegeon posted, under Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, YES. It's called the
Full Faith and Credit Clause.
The
Full Faith and Credit Clause is the familiar name used to refer to Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, which addresses the duties that states within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state." According to the Supreme Court, there is a difference between the credit owed to laws (i.e. legislative measures and common law) as compared to the credit owed to judgments.[1] Judgments are generally entitled to greater respect than laws, in other states.[2] At present, it is widely agreed that this Clause of the Constitution has little impact on a court's choice of law decision,[3] although this Clause of the Constitution was once interpreted differently.[4] Federal statutory law provides that:
Such Acts, records and judicial proceedings or copies thereof, so authenticated, shall have the same full faith and credit in every court within the United States and its Territories and Possessions as they have by law or usage in the courts of such State, Territory or Possession from which they are taken.
Why does the government have to have a say in marriage for those things to work? I am failing to see that connection.
As I posted, above, the Federal and state governments grant specific civil rights, privileges and advantages to married couples. The Constution demands that such rights, privileges and advantages must be granted to all citizens, not just a special class of citizens such as heterosexuals.
Did I say that heterosexualism was a choice?
The word is heterosexuality, and you implied as much when you said that being gay is a choice. You still haven't proven that, and you can't.
OK, feel free to replace with the word shortcoming.
No, but BIGOTRY like yours is both a failing and a shortcoming.
Are you seriously asking in what way does being homosexual cause a problem for a person? Really, you're asking that? Do we need to go back to what being homosexual actually is?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homosexual
From your link:
ho·mo·sex·u·al
1 : of, relating to, or characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward another of the same sex
2 : of, relating to, or involving sexual intercourse between persons of the same sex
Next hint: where do children come from.
Hint: Not all people want children. Some are quite content and even more productive without assuming the burden of raising children. Some people shouldn't have children. Bigots come to mind.
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