Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
From the Independent Opponents of gay marriage were celebrating yesterday after New York State's senate rejected a bill that would have allowed same-sex marriage, saying it was a huge victory that could influence votes elsewhere. New York's bill was defeated 38-24 on Wednesday in the assembly, which is led by liberal New York City Democrats who hold [...]
Bulgarian Elections (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
I know, how difficult it is, to reply to self-conscious US opinionmakers when Europe is at stake.Yesterday, the liberal New York Times published an opinion, called Europe’s Minaret Moment, by somebody called Ross Douthat. He has read Christopher Caldwe…
At Home in Europe (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
I know, how difficult it is, to reply to self-conscious US opinionmakers when Europe is at stake.Yesterday, the liberal New York Times published an opinion, called Europe's Minaret Moment, by somebody called Ross Douthat. He has read Christopher Caldwe...
Liberal Values (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
... for popular approval of same-sex marriage instead was soundly defeated . The state senate in liberal New York voted down a marriage bill by a margin – 38 to 24 – that stunned advocates and the state’s governor, who had predicted victory. And a same-sex marriage measure limped to the floor of the New Jersey state senate Thursday after squeaking out of committee over the opposition...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... chance for popular approval of same-sex marriage instead was soundly defeated. The state senate in liberal New York voted down a marriage bill by a margin - 38 to 24 - that stunned advocates and the state’s governor, who had predicted victory. And a same-sex marriage measure limped to the floor of the New Jersey state senate Thursday after squeaking out of committee over the opposition...
who's your nanny? (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Inasmuch as it's regulated by the state, that is. State senators in "liberal" New York voted down a measure yesterday that would have legalized gay marriage. I neither support nor oppose the right of gays to marry -- or straights...
Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Even liberal New York state votes down gay marriage (at least in the state Senate). It wasn't even close. Excerpt: The 38-to-24 vote startled proponents of the bill and signaled that political momentum, at least right now, had shifted against same-sex marriage, even in heavily Democratic New York. It followed more than a year of lobbying by gay rights organizations, who steered...
