A step Forward

I'm so happy right now. In a proud and historic moment for the great state of New York and the country, our State Senate has just passed a Same Sex Marriage bill. Same Sex couples will now have the right to marry in the state as well as have all of the same benefits and rights that other married couples now have. In 30 days the LGBT community will finally have marriage equality in this state.

New York is now the largest state in the nation to have passed a Same Sex Marriage bill. This is a step in the right direction! I'm proud to be a New Yorker right now!

Congratulations to the State of New York for doing the right thing and affirming that the US Constitution means equality for all. Iowa sends you her regards.

Congratulations from Florida!

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Congratulations from Florida!

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Massachusetts sends congratulations as well

What great news! Congratulations!

Very cool! :D

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/06/history-in-ny-state-almost-42-years-after-stonewall-marriage-equality-passes/

Great news! Congratulations!

[strike]About time[/strike] Congratulations from the UK.

It had been a helluva couple of weeks. For almost two full weeks they hinted that the bill was going to come for a vote and that they were "optimistic" it would pass. Every day we heard the same thing. We had 31 of the needed 32 votes confirmed with 3 undecideds. I knew one of them was only saying undecided for the media attention, because the other Republicans who actually DID change their vote avoided media attention like the plague.

I hope California can get its act together soon. Yay New York!