Bruno: Marriage Equality is "Dead on Arrival" in the Senate

I gotta say (0.00 / 0)

...if I were the wife of an R legislator, I'd be wondering about the sexuality of my spouse. If this dude feels threatened by gay marriage, seriously, how confident is he of his own sexuality?

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by: Michael Bouldin @ Wed Jun 20, 2007 at 17:30:36 PM UTC

Odd discussion (0.00 / 0)

Kolb was truly inane in his comments on the bill, but some of the other Assemblymembers were not much better. 

Assemblymember Townsend blathered on about baptism and kept asking questions of Danny O'Donnell about how the bill would impact baptism (answer - it had no impact, none at all). 

Assemblymember Michael Benjamin strongly opposed the bill, stating we were entering the twilight of civilization (though he ended up abstaining, which seems odd given his remarks). 

Assemblymember Barbara Clark spoke twice and made little sense either time, first talking about how important equality was and then stating that she opposed the bill.  Her second remarks related to four children without fathers, though no one in the room seems to know to which four children she was referring. 

Despite some of the really ill conceived arguments against the bill, some of the legislation's proponents were very articulate, including three Republicans (Miller, Scozzafara and Sayward).  Democratic standouts included Assemblymembers  Brodsky, Hevesi, Lavine and Lentol and Danny O'Donnell.

I wonder if there is a transcript of all the remarks anywhere.  I know I would like to get a better sense of what some of the members were saying, especially those who didn't seem to have much of a structured argument (maybe it will make more sense in a written format, though I doubt it).

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by: mcdirk @ Wed Jun 20, 2007 at 19:27:05 PM UTC

Link to Transcript (4.00 / 1)

Empire State Pride Agenda has the full transcript on its website. Here's the link:
http://www.prideagen...

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by: lijcrew @ Sun Sep 09, 2007 at 19:13:58 PM UTC

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"Direct challenge" just what Kolb needs (0.00 / 0)

I'll pass on the psychological analysis, but what I would love to see is a "direct challenge" to Kolb, the way he was brought up, and his assembly seat .  ASAP.

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by: robinia @ Wed Jun 20, 2007 at 22:14:10 PM UTC

Bruno is so Gay (0.00 / 0)

n/t

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by: Roatti @ Wed Jun 20, 2007 at 22:44:00 PM UTC

yea....i figured (0.00 / 0)

its no surprise bruno is opposed to gay marriage. however, after looking at the assembly votes, and then watching some of the statements made by democrats...im appalled. sandy galef? ruben diaz jr? aurlia greene, the president pro tempore of the assembly? ALL NO. very very sad for democrats.

in the senate it would be the same thing. you know that the upstate dems would show no courage whatsoever, and vote it down based on politics.

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by: peterpiper @ Thu Jun 21, 2007 at 01:45:18 AM UTC