Neither mundane or pointless.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html?_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes&WT.mc_id=NY-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-GMA-062411-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click
Way to go New York! I haven’t seen the bill but I hear there are a number of opt out clauses, but another state has moved in the right direction.
Sweet. Mr. Cuomo is a stand up guy. And so is Roy McDonald.
What do you mean by “opt out clauses”?
You’ll regret it when Joe Pesci becomes Mrs. Robert DeNiro next month.
Religious folks don’t have to perform these marriages (which is fine) and some service providers (banquet halls etc) don’t have to provide services. I heard that was in some version of teh bill, don’t know if it remained or what else got put in, but that’s the idea.
I’m very pleased with Cuomo and McDonald. Very stand up.
From the article:
Was that the same campaign that led to the creation of this Sean Avery ad? Because…screw them for making me have any respect for Sean Avery*.
But otherwise, Congratulations New York!
Although his "give me a call"statement kind of led to some respect too…
About damn time. Way to go, New York!
The Empire State Building has gone rainbow.
So awesome. There are people singing at Stonewall. I think I am verklempt.
Nice! I am giddy over this.
Damn straight!
Wait, that didn’t come out quite right… 
And yes–props to Roy McDonald, and everyone else who put petty politics aside to do the right thing. I probably disagree with Mr. McDonald on most things, but he’s won a lot of respect from me, first with his press statement and now with his vote.
Yeah, I don’t see that lasting very long, other than VFW halls and the Knights of Columbus. Everyone else it going to look at it from a simple economic perspective. Seriously, this is going to be a huge boon to the New York wedding business. And Gay Pride Day is going to be INSANE (especially as it is an event well known as a serious and sober occasion).
Welcome to the club NY!
Congratulations, and welcome to our less and less exclusive club.
Kudos, NY!
Forty-four to go. 
Good Job. What state is next?
I’m so proud to have been a New Yorker for 25 years.
Well, I grew up in NY (check)
College in MA (check)
Lived in CA (check, sorta)
Live in CT (check)
So, I went to grad school in PA and post doc in MO- so one of those, perhaps?
That’s really cool. I think about the fact that someone stopped whatever they were doing to change it up at 10:30 on a friday, and it kinda warms the cockles of my cold, cold heart, ya know?
I do know. My cold, dark little heart has a little bit of warmth inside of it right now after seeing that photo.
I believe Illinois is on their way.
I was very happy to read about it this morning. Way to go NY!
This is one of those issues where almost everyone you know (and doesn’t vote) is for it, but a few (active) morons are against it. BTW, those same morons would probably be against race equality, women voting and stopping of blood letting if alive during those periods.