Saturday, June 25, 2011
I am very pleased that New York has enacted marriage equality, and likewise pleased that our state senator, Mark Grisanti, thought about the issue and voted like a lawyer. My hope is that he will come back to the Democratic Party if he gets flack. We can always use political courage.
I am somewhat nonplussed that the New York State Senate Majority Leader is taking the position that it was a grand thing to allow the bill to come to the floor for a vote. Isn't that what legislatures are supposed to do? A quibble in the face of this historic triumph for civil rights, and an interesting moment for New York Republicans. It is also an interesting moment to think about Andrew Cuomo, who Nate Silver is comparing to Lyndon Johnson. It is interesting and notable that the story of how Cuomo armtwisted this into law is so public.
I am somewhat nonplussed that the New York State Senate Majority Leader is taking the position that it was a grand thing to allow the bill to come to the floor for a vote. Isn't that what legislatures are supposed to do? A quibble in the face of this historic triumph for civil rights, and an interesting moment for New York Republicans. It is also an interesting moment to think about Andrew Cuomo, who Nate Silver is comparing to Lyndon Johnson. It is interesting and notable that the story of how Cuomo armtwisted this into law is so public.
// posted by Bill @ 8:09 AM 
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