eftychia: Me in kilt and poofy shirt, facing away, playing acoustic guitar behind head (Default)
posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2011-06-25

"As a Catholic, I was raised to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not here, however, as a senator who is just Catholic. I am also here with a background as an attorney, through which I look at things and I apply reason. [...] I cannot legally come up with an argument against same-sex marriage. Who am I to say that someone does not have the same rights that I have with my wife, who I love, or to have the 1300+ rights that I share with her? [...] I cannot deny a person, a human being, a taxpayer, a worker, the people of my district and across this state -- the state of New York -- and those people who make this state the great state that it is, the same rights that I have have with my wife." -- New York State Senator Mark J. Grisanti (R, 60th district), just before the vote in the state senate on same-sex marriage, 2011-06-24

full text of the speech (these bits are pulled from three different sections of it) )
eftychia: Female (Venus) symbol, with a transistor symbol inside the circle part (TransSister)

Argh! Feeling quite cheered by the big news last night about marriage in NY, I missed the bummer about discrimination.

(Here in Maryland we had more complicated bad news earlier in the year, which started with a gender-nondiscrimination bill put forth that lacked crucial "public accomodations" language -- so OT1H it's bad news that we still don't have it, but OTOH that version of it would have been an obstacle to getting full protection later.)

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