Gay Marriage: sixteen states' different takes.

[Smash255]

New York is going to be the first state to pass gay marriages and have the bill signed.

It passed the House today, and will probably pass the Senate sometime in the next term or two. Governor Sptizer also openly supports gay marriage.

The New York State Senate is Republican-controlled. Are they seriously going to pass a gay marriage bill?

Depends. The State Senate Democrats + Republicans from socially liberal areas could be just enough...

real question is, would the state senate leadership allow such a bill to get to that point...

Bruno is likely to block it.  What happens after the 08 election is another story, the GOP has a slim majority in the state senate.

[Smash255]

It's not surprising that MA is the only state supporting gay marraige (I believe Rasmussen had VT tied at 49s last year).  We need to pass these bans fast before people start thinking gay marriage is the "cool" thing to do

I remember seeing polls that showed those in Rhode Island and New Jersey also support Gay Marriage

[Smash255]

I would because the main reason for support of gay marriage stems from fear of being labeled homophobic and wanting to fit in

As opposed to the fear of being labeled a homosexual by some people on the right?  There's a flipside to everything.

I personally couldn't care less if no one but me supported it.  I support gay marriage because it's the right thing to do, and it's a shame that people are denied a chance for equality, not because it's "cool."

Which, by the way, it still isn't.

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