I heard Mayor Mike Bloomberg say yesterday on the radio that the government doesn’t have any business deciding who can’t get married.That’s really funny because I thought government is supposed to be for the people, of the people, and by the people.
As such the voters of New York State did not get the opportunity to voice their opinion at the ballot box like other states have.
This horrid decision was made by politicians in Albany with their mouths open and hands extended only too happy to be lobbied by Pro Gay Marriage groups with fat wallets.
Make no mistake; this was a sham of democracy!
In other states where Same Sex Marriage was put to a vote by the people, in every single one, even California, it was voted down.
But, Gov Andrew Cuomo, himself a person of dubious morale character ( i.e. fornication), did not want the people to decide. He preferred the issue be settled by one of the most dysfunctional and corrupt state legislatures in the country.
So the fix was in!
As a result, millions of New Yorkers have been disenfranchised.
So believe not that this is a happy day for the majority of New Yorkers. It’s a travesty of our political system to sooth the souls of yet another minority that seeks the state’s stamp of approval for their lifestyle.
It’s was never about marriage equality. That’s just a bunch of smoke to fool the people.
A historic change in New York: Same sex marriage is now legal
Syracuse.com
In 1988, Monti Willett and Donna Stork, now of Fayetteville, were married by an Episcopal priest in Erie, Pa.
As far as the state of Pennsylvania was concerned, it didn’t count.
A few years later, after they moved to Colorado, they walked into Denver’s City Hall and got a certificate declaring them “companions.” It gave them no extra rights, but it at least acknowledged their relationship, Willett said.
Three years ago, when they were thinking of moving to New Jersey, they had another wedding there. It provided some legal protection, but still no official marriage.
Today, in Syracuse, their long quest for full recognition will end. The couple, who have been together for 42 years, plan to drive to City Hall and pick up a license for a marriage that will be entirely legal in the state of New York.
“It’s something I believe we should have been able to do right along,” said Willett, 64. “As far as I’m concerned, I am as married as I could be; we’ve made our vows to each other. But I do want the legal status.”
Couples will be claiming that status today across the state. Clerks’ offices in Syracuse, Ithaca and a number of other cities and towns will be open for a historic piece of business — granting permission for gay and lesbian couples to enter into marriages equal in the state’s eyes to those of heterosexual couples.
New York will become the sixth and largest state in the nation to recognize those marriages, and many couples are eager to exercise their new rights.
Syracuse City Clerk John Copanas, whose office will be open on a Sunday for the first time in at least two decades, says he expects at least 15 to 20 couples to pick up licenses between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. A few are expected to seek waivers from the usual 24-hour waiting period and actually tie the knot today.
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New ministers ordained to officiate at same-sex weddings around New York
New York Daily News
John DeLamar will stand before two of his closest friends tomorrow and proudly pronounce them newlyweds.
The 29-year-old has not officiated at a wedding before, and never had ambitions to become a minister, but New York's same-sex marriage bill changed all that.
"When gay marriage passed, I thought it would be great [to get ordained]," said DeLamar, who will conduct the service in a studio in midtown. "When my friends asked me to marry them, I was really moved. We've been fighting for gay marriage together - we marched on Washington, we've been campaigning and pamphleting to get it approved. Marrying them is a great responsibility."
The Brooklyn resident is one of an ever-growing number of New Yorkers who have chosen to become ministers via a simple online process since gay marriage passed the senate last month.
Some, like DeLamar, were approached by newly engaged friends to perform the ceremony.
Others wanted to show their support for the historic vote or ensure there are enough ministers on hand to cope with the increased demand.
"When the law passed, I felt there were so many people out there wanting to get married that I would sign up and be an option for them," said Nancy McAlley, a registered nurse from Brewster, N.Y., who became ordained by the Universal Life Church Monastery just over a week ago.
She will qualify as an interfaith minister next summer, but did not want to wait that long to assist same-sex couples.
"I think gay couples deserve the same rights as straight couples," McAlley, 61, said. "I'm open to doing the ceremonies anywhere."
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