The New York State Senate is as big, if not a bigger, a wretched pool of scum and villainy than the Star Wars bar.
Thus the state senate reached its last day in session one vote shy of finally approving marriage equality.
That's democracy for you. 58% of New Yorkers favor it. State GOP senators? Well, wait till next session if you can't cough up one more. The hinge is closing.
When it goes to court, they argue it should be decided by the legislature.
When it goes to the legislature, they argue it should be decided by the courts.
When it goes to either, they argue it should to to a vote of the people. Then back to the courts and/or the legislature. Then back to the people. Then, just delay. Blame the judge.
The genius of democracy is that you can drive hypocrites nuts by coming back, year after year after year after year after year. Endlessly. Like the NY legislator who changed his mind after he got outed earlier this year. And then the next year, someone else.
Meantime, a couple, 84 and 91, together sixty-one years, figure they can wait a bit longer.
Scary, aren't they? Feeling the foundations of life crumbling?
Thus the state senate reached its last day in session one vote shy of finally approving marriage equality.
That's democracy for you. 58% of New Yorkers favor it. State GOP senators? Well, wait till next session if you can't cough up one more. The hinge is closing.
When it goes to court, they argue it should be decided by the legislature.
When it goes to the legislature, they argue it should be decided by the courts.
When it goes to either, they argue it should to to a vote of the people. Then back to the courts and/or the legislature. Then back to the people. Then, just delay. Blame the judge.
The genius of democracy is that you can drive hypocrites nuts by coming back, year after year after year after year after year. Endlessly. Like the NY legislator who changed his mind after he got outed earlier this year. And then the next year, someone else.
Meantime, a couple, 84 and 91, together sixty-one years, figure they can wait a bit longer.
Scary, aren't they? Feeling the foundations of life crumbling?
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