NY becomes 6th state to legalize gay marriage

[Jazzy]

ALBANY, N.Y. -After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican senators, New York became the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, breathing life into the national gay rights movement that had stalled over a nearly identical bill here two years ago.



Pending any court challenges, legal gay marriages can begin in New York by late July after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed his bill into law just before midnight Friday.



At New York City's Stonewall Inn, the Greenwich Village pub that spawned the gay rights movement on a June night in 1969, Scott Redstone watched New York sign the historic same-sex marriage law with his partner of 29 years, and popped the question.



I said, `Will you marry me?' And he said, `Of course!' Redstone said he and Steven Knittweis walked home to pop open a bottle of champagne.



New York becomes the sixth state where gay couples can wed, doubling the number of Americans living in a state with legal gay marriage.



That's certainly going to have a ripple effect across the nation, said Ross Levi, executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda. It's truly a historic night for love, our families, and democracy won.



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[Flurry]

Good on New York!

 

[ArmchairGeneral]

6 States?? Not too bad, how long for the rest though?

 

[Flurry]

Probably another 10 or so years. o.0

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I think we had it in California for a while but they got rid of it..

 

[ArmchairGeneral]

Well it does seem like a lot more people are in acceptance of gays then there used to be. So at least the world is progressing in the right direction . . .



But you are of course going to get extremists who go out at night specifically targeting them . . SO, have we really progressed at all??

 

[Evil Eye]

I said it before and I'll say it again...

Took 'em long enough.

But you are of course going to get extremists who go out at night specifically targeting them . . SO, have we really progressed at all??

Well, it's better than people being able to do that legally...

 

[Flurry]

I think we had it in California for a while but they got rid of it..

Thought that was still Legal there? Or was again. One of those.

 

[Wayne]

5 out of 50 something is not good enough.

 

[JasonBegheFanGirl]

I said it before and I'll say it again...

Took 'em long enough.

I second that, EE.

5 out of 50 something is not good enough.

I agree with you Wayne, 6 out of 50 isn't good enough. Homosexuals should have the same rights as heterosexuals in any country.