In a surprising vote, the
senate of one of our nation’s most liberal states decisively rejected a bill
that would have legalized faux marriage.
By Selwyn Duke
As you may know, New York State
is known more for the Borscht
Belt than the Bible Belt, but this didn’t stop its senate from soundly
rejecting the arguments of faux-marriage social engineers this past Wednesday. Reporting
on the story for The New York Times,
Jeremy W. Peters writes:
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 close to $1 million into New York legislative races to boost support for the measure.
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