Tag Archives: New York state

Cyndi Lauper For New York Powerball

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NOM: We’re Gonna Repeal NY Marriage

Here’s a message from Fantasyland: Our fight to repeal New York’s same-sex marriage law will escalate in 2012. NOM has pledged $2 million to oppose pro-gay marriage legislators who betrayed us on marriage. We must send an emphatic message to the “business-as-usual” crowd in Albany: sell out your constituents at your own risk! Over the years, NOM has defeated every …

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NY Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell Gets His Marriage License After 31 Years

Yesterday New York Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell and his partner John Banta finally got their marriage license after 31 years together. As has been well documented on this blog, O’Donnell is one of the chief architects of marriage equality in New York, having led his chamber to approve the issue in three consecutive years. O’Donnell and Banta were at the City …

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I Gots The Red Hat, Bitches!

“It’s as if Pope Benedict is putting the red hat on top of the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty, or on home plate at Yankee Stadium; or on the spires of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral or any of our other parish churches; this is the successor of Saint Peter saying to the clergy, sisters, brothers, lay faithful of …

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NEW YORK: Anti-Gay Archbishop Timothy Dolan To Be Promoted To Cardinal

Apparently satisfied with New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan’s campaign against gay civil rights, the Vatican will be promoting him to cardinal. Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan will be among those elevated to cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church in a Vatican ceremony next month, the Archdiocese of New York announced in a news release on Friday. He was among 22 new …

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The Year In Marriage Equality

AFER’s Matt Baume breaks it all down.

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NEW YORK: Closeted State Sen. Carl Kruger To Plead Guilty To Corruption

New York state Sen. Carl Kruger will plead guilty to federal corruption charges that he took over $1 million in bribe offers to fund an extravagant lifestyle which included a garish waterfront mansion, a luxury yacht, and a Bentley. Kruger’s gynecologist boyfriend is also expected to plead guilty. The pair was effectively outed by the New York Times in March. …

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Married After 64 Years

Here’s the first paragraph from a great New York article, Reasons To (Heart) NY: When the Columbia Library closed each night at ten, it was the custom of John Spofford Morgan, who was studying for a master’s in international affairs, to hop on the subway and head downtown to the New Verdi on West 72nd. Back then, there were two …

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Brian Brownshirt: Elite Hollywood Liberals Paid Cuomo To Impose Gay Marriage

“Okay, so at least now we know why Andrew Cuomo did it. A guy living with his girlfriend in the governor’s mansion naturally thinks it’s no big deal to twist arms and break rules and ride roughshod over voters in his rush to redefine marriage, not when he can cash in on the proceeds and ride that gravy train to …

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NEW YORK: Judge Allows Christian Hate Group To Proceed With Marriage Lawsuit

As I’ve mentioned here before, the Christianist hate group New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedom is suing to overturn same-sex marriage (among other things) on the grounds that legislators were promised campaign donations in return for their vote. (Which is exactly what NOM loudly does at every opportunity.) A state judge has now ruled that the suit may proceed. From NOM’s …

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan: I Was Tricked Into Thinking Gay Marriage Wouldn’t Pass

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan says he and other Catholic bishops didn’t strongly fight the marriage equality bill because they were deceived into believing it had no chance of passage. “We fell for the assurances of people that we thought were political allies that this wasn’t going to go anywhere,” Dolan told Arroyo, pointing out that there was “some credibility” …

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A Day In Their Shoes

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Photo Of The Day – Fire Island Damage

More photos here. (Via –Towleroad)

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NEW YORK: Anti-Gay Religious Groups Seek To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage

Torah Jews For Decency, Liberty Counsel, and New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedoms have banded together in a doomed campaign to have New York’s marriage equality law overturned due to legislators supposedly violating some timeline regarding public notice and because meetings were allegedly held that were not open to the public. The suit is being argued by Rena Lindevaldsen, the Liberty …

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Judge Orders Pro-Life NY Plate

A federal court has ordered New York to begin offering a pro-life vanity license plate. The Children First Foundation filed a lawsuit in 2004 after the New York Department of Motor Vehicles rejected its application for a plate design with a crayon drawing of a yellow sun behind the faces of two smiling children. The state claimed a significant segment …

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Archdiocese Of New York Vows Severe Punishment For Any Gay-Friendly Priests

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has issued a special decree vowing severe punishment if any priest or deacon dares to solemnize a gay union or allow any Catholic-owned facility to be used for such an event. The decree also vows retaliation if any lay employee of the Church participates in a gay wedding. In addition to the above edict, Dolan …

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Bigoted NY Town Clerk Keeps Job

The first bad news of the night.

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Protester Dangles From Major NY Bridge

At this writing a man is dangling below New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge in some kind of chair harness with a giant sign attached to it. News helicopters report that the sign bears some kind of accusation against the politicians of Rockland County, which is connected to Westchester County by the bridge. For the first hour of the protest, reporters …

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New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan: We’re Being Threatened With Lawsuits
For Not Hosting Gay Weddings

According to New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Catholic parishes have been inundated with threats of lawsuits over not hosting gay weddings. That revelation will come as a surprise to the rest of the world, who has not heard a single peep about any such thing. “One of our arguments has always been that people of principle who feel this violates …

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Cuomo Calls For Gay Marriage Everywhere

As last night’s annual fall gala for the Empire State Pride Agenda, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for all states to legalize same-sex marriage. Shifting his sights beyond New York in a way he has not done before, Mr. Cuomo demanded that the federal Defense of Marriage Act be repealed. His voice rising in intensity as he spoke, he …

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