Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Good News: New York legislators reject same-sex "marriage."

The vote to reject was bipartisan: 30 Republicans 8 Democrats. All 24 legislators voting to legalize same-sex "marriage" were Democrats.

From the AP:

"ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers rejected a bill Wednesday that would have made their state the sixth to allow gay marriage, stunning advocates who weathered a similar decision by Maine voters just last month.

The New York measure needed 32 votes to pass and failed by a wider-than-expected margin, falling eight votes short in a 24-38 decision by the state Senate. The Assembly had earlier approved the bill, and Gov. David Paterson, perhaps the bill's strongest advocate, had pledged to sign it."


Richard Barnes, Executive Director of the New York State Catholic Conference, said:

“While the Catholic Church rejects unjust discrimination against homosexual men and women, there is no question that marriage by its nature is the union of one man and one woman. Advocates for same-sex ‘marriage’ have attempted to portray their cause as inevitable. However, it has become clear that Americans continue to understand marriage the way it has always been understood, and New York is not different in that regard. This is a victory for the basic building block of our society.”

Posted by Gibbons J. Cooney

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