Comments on: New York approves marriage equality

By: blue-heron

blue-heron — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:54:49 +0000

Many news outlets today have reported ONLY that the Religious Exemptions in the law are about Churches not being forced to conduct Gay Marriages, but this is not the entire, nor the most important part of the exemptions, and I am concerned that many are being mislead.

Under these exemptions, Churches may still accept Governmentally Funded Contracts to operate services such as Adoptions, but they are allowed to then Refuse Adoption Services to Gays, and herein lies the Unconstitutional problem.

The US Constitution allows for “Equal Protection”, and it also states that there shall be no laws created “respecting Religion”. This is clear. The NY Legislature has a sworn duty to uphold the US Constitution, but they have created yet another Unconstitutional law just like DOMA.

While the law does give Gay couples the right to marry, it also reinforces the practice of inequality, favoring particular religious beliefs.

This is not being reported upon in an accurate manner among other News Outlets.

By: El Dorado

El Dorado — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:37:30 +0000

The win is only good if it can’t be taken away by a ballot initiative. We can’t get cocky. Until majorities defeat all measures against marriage equality at the ballot box, we can’t say the majority is truly with us or we have won. The battle continues as these cases continue their way to the SCOTUS and our enemies continue to push for amendements against our rights at both the state and Federal level.

By: Kirk Childress

Kirk Childress — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 05:44:41 +0000

It should be pointed out that in every single media list of US jurisdictions with marriage equality [including this article's], the Coquille Tribe is always left out. They have had full marriage equality since May 2009. So NY joins 5 other states, the District of Columbia *AND* the Coquille.

By: JMF

JMF — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:50:48 +0000

Robin…for once be happy…cherish the victories because they are few…and stop being such a bitch…really…not sexy and nobody likes it. Your quickly becoming the buzz kill that nobody will claim to have brought along to the party.

By: Peter rosenstein

Peter rosenstein — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 02:59:02 +0000

Congratulations to my home state and to all who worked so hard to make this a reality!