# I Love NY! NY passes SSM bill **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794 "2011-06-25T02:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/1 "2011-06-25T02:45:22Z")
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](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. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/2 "2011-06-25T03:01:42Z")
Sweet. Mr. Cuomo is a stand up guy. And so is [Roy McDonald](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/new-york-gay-marriage_n_878358.html). What do you mean by “opt out clauses”? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/3 "2011-06-25T03:02:26Z")
You’ll regret it when Joe Pesci becomes Mrs. Robert DeNiro next month. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/4 "2011-06-25T03:17:22Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > Sweet. Mr. Cuomo is a stand up guy. And so is [Roy McDonald](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/new-york-gay-marriage_n_878358.html). > > What do you mean by “opt out clauses”? 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. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/5 "2011-06-25T03:20:30Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > The new coalition of same-sex marriage supporters also brought in one of Mr. Cuomo’s trusted campaign operatives to supervise a $3 million television and radio campaign aimed at persuading a handful of Republican and Democratic senators to drop their opposition and support same-sex marriage. Was that the same campaign that led to the creation of [this Sean Avery ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGGH3M9NKBI)? Because…screw them for making me have any respect for Sean Avery\*. But otherwise, Congratulations New York! Although his ["give me a call"](http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/05/sean-avery-ready-to-support-any-hockey-player-willing-to-come-out-of-the-closet/)statement kind of led to some respect too… ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/6 "2011-06-25T03:34:33Z")
About damn time. Way to go, New York! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/7 "2011-06-25T03:37:38Z")
[The Empire State Building has gone rainbow.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/empire-state-building-celebrates-gay-marriage) So awesome. There are people singing at Stonewall. I think I am verklempt. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/8 "2011-06-25T03:39:24Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > [The Empire State Building has gone rainbow.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/empire-state-building-celebrates-gay-marriage) > > So awesome. There are people singing at Stonewall. I think I am verklempt. Nice! I am giddy over this. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/9 "2011-06-25T03:45:22Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > About damn time. Way to go, New York! 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. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/10 "2011-06-25T03:45:30Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > 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. 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). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/11 "2011-06-25T03:55:13Z")
Welcome to the club NY! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/12 "2011-06-25T04:02:42Z")
Congratulations, and welcome to our less and less exclusive club. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/13 "2011-06-25T04:55:59Z")
Kudos, NY! Forty-four to go. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/14 "2011-06-25T11:01:42Z")
Good Job. What state is next? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/15 "2011-06-25T11:45:30Z")
I’m so proud to have been a New Yorker for 25 years. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/16 "2011-06-25T13:55:30Z")
> [@diggerwam](#): > > Good Job. What state is next? 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? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/17 "2011-06-25T14:35:01Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > [The Empire State Building has gone rainbow.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/empire-state-building-celebrates-gay-marriage). 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? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/18 "2011-06-25T14:50:46Z")
I do know. My cold, dark little heart has a little bit of warmth inside of it right now after seeing that photo. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/19 "2011-06-25T14:55:22Z")
> [@diggerwam](#): > > Good Job. What state is next? I believe Illinois is on their way. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794/20 "2011-06-25T15:19:59Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-ny-ny-passes-ssm-bill/586794.md?page=2)