Gay Marriage vote in NY coming up (live stream)

http://www.livestream.com/nysenate?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=footerlinks ^ | 6/24/11 | Vanity

[Ballygrl]

Not sure if anyone is interested but the vote is supposed to come up.

[Ballygrl]

Link to the Vote

[mojo114]

I’m interested.

[Ballygrl]

Seriously, who here thinks a Judge wouldn’t over-turn the Religious Exemptions and said it’s discrimination?

[biggredd1]

is this the Wiener bill?

[RIghtwardHo]

I think we are interested, just not hopeful.

Thanks for the link!

[TaraP]

Romans 1:28

Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Romans 1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie

[seton89]

Is there a provision to make Condylomata Acuminata the official New York State lesion?

[biggredd1]

no need to watch this crap, they have the votes to pass.

[mojo114]

CNN just announced they are going to bring the results any minute.

[ejdrapes]

Some good news!

BREAKING: Sen. Lanza Says He Will Vote NO!
June 24, 2011 at 7:47 pm

This is especially encouraging considering Senator Lanza was apparently the widely-rumored "32nd vote" for SSM:

Spokeswoman says Andrew Lanza of Staten Island, seen as a pivotal vote on #gaymarriage, will vote no. -- Thomas Kaplan of the NYTimes

This isn't over, as you can see -- so keep hitting the phones!

Senators Stephen Saland (saland@nysenate.gov) and Mark Grisanti (grisanti@nysenate.gov) particularly need to hear from us by email!

[Ballygrl]

I reading different things, some say they have 2 extra votes and others don’t know.

[Miss Didi]

Didn’t Saland just vote Yes?

[ejdrapes]

Yep, reporting on twitter that Stephen Saland is a ‘yes’ vote. Disgusting.

[jmj3jude]

On National Review tweet tracker they are saying that Saland is a yes vote unfortunately.

[ejdrapes]

According to Twitter, yes.

[Ballygrl]

The results are

UGH! it passed 36-26!

[jaz.357]

Gonna be SOME party in the Village tonight!

[ilovesarah2012]

Passed.

[jmaroneps37]

Here's how this will play out: A) the Republicans will cave B) Long will make good on his threat to withhold the Conservative line C) the New York State Senate will buck the tidal wave next year and revert back to Democrat hands D) the GOP in New York State Senate Republicans will be a permanent minority just as they are in the Assembly.
BUT BUT BUT the Senate Republicans will serve one last purpose and they will do some moderate damage in redistricting. This will mean we will have wrung out every last bit of benefit from last November's GOP victories. Good bye New York, you are already the least free state in the country and you are sinking fast.