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NY Senate “Close” On Marriage Deal?

But the reported compromise includes “carve-outs” for religious objections, although it’s not yet clear what those exemptions might be. Gov. Cuomo and Senate Republican boss Dean Skelos could say, “I do” as soon as today on a historic gay-marriage bill that includes strengthened exemptions for religious groups. Negotiators for the Republican-run Senate privately admitted that a deal is near after …

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Quote Of The Day – Sen. Ruben Diaz

“In a Manhattan Court in 2005 Justice Doris Ling-Cohen ruled that gay marriage was legal in New York. At the time this ruling was celebrated as a victory for gay marriage rights advocates. New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided that gay marriage was wrong for New York and ordered New York City’s attorneys to appeal this decision. That appeal …

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Lichtenstein Approves Civil Unions

Voters in the tiny nation of Lichtenstein have approved a version of civil unions for LGBT couples. Gay and lesbian couples will receive the same tax, inheritance and welfare rights as come with marriage following a referendum in which 68 percent supported the law, Swiss news agency ATS reported. Parliament had all but adopted the legislation earlier this year but …

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Hitchens On Mamet

Christopher Hitchens eviscerates the new book by recently revealed douchebag David Mamet. This is an extraordinarily irritating book, written by one of those people who smugly believe that, having lost their faith, they must ipso facto have found their reason. In order to be persuaded by it, you would have to be open to propositions like this: “Part of the …

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