NY Gov. Cuomo signs gay marriage law

[Tx4obama]

Source: AP

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed New York's gay marriage bill, starting what is expected to be a crush of gay weddings starting in 30 days.

The Democratic governor signed the measure shortly before midnight Friday, following up on a promise to put his name on the legislation as soon as he received it rather than wait the usual 10 days to sign it for it to become law.

New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.

New York will become the sixth state where gay couples can wed and the biggest by far.

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[eleny]

1. And the wedding planners go wild!

The pride parade is going to be one helluva party. I hope there's some good online links to watch it live.

[nichomachus]

3. Shit, I wish I were going to be in NYC this weekend.

[aquart]

7. And I'm so glad to be heading for Queens.

Halloween is gonna be nuthin' to THIS party.

[Chovexani]

21. NY1 usually shows the parade live in its entirety on tv

They may be streaming it on their website.

[Fearless]

2. It'd be nice if this topped the news chanels for a few days like all the pro-Rethug

stories that usually do... It'll happen... right?

[Tx4obama]

5. Most news stories that break on Friday lose some traction by Monday.

I'm sure that on Monday CNN will cover it and MSNBC will really cover it, but after that some other new news will take over the 24/7 news cycle.

[aquart]

8. I'm fine if no one knows a thing till they get the invitations.

Or the order for the invitations.

[DeSwiss]

4. K&R!!!

[Iliyah]

6. Shit he's already

signed it into law? Whoa Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Comes on Cali, get this law back in place.

[DeSwiss]

24. Yep. Come on Cali!!!! ;-) n/t

[Tx4obama]

10. Pretty awesome :) n/t

[DeSwiss]

25. Thx. ;-) n/t

[jwirr]

18. I love the bill and I love your graphics.

[DeSwiss]

26. Thx. ;-) n/t

[Lucinda]

9. Good work Gov.

[marasinghe]

11. sweet :D

why i love this city.

gearing up for nephew's formal wedding.
he had an informal one, years back.
they've been waiting a long time; we all have.

:party:
:applause:
:toast:
:bounce:

[SoapBox]

12. Congrats NY!

Oh this is just TOO delicious...the heads of Thugs are just imploding.

It's nice to get some good news, at least for this evening!

Go NY!

[Mr Noodlebrain]

13. Congrats to the New Yorkers who have a legal system that works! And congrats to the LGBT groups.

this will be the start of sanity around relationships.

[No Elephants]

14. NY Becomes 6th State to Strengthen Marriage! Woot!

(Not to be a booster, but Massachusetts was the first.)

With a divorce rate of over 50% and a virginity till marriage rate of about .009% (guesstimate), the biggest forward step marriage has had in decades is the struggle for equal human rights for all humans.

Here's hoping marriage (and justice) wins out in all 50 states.

Die, Jim Crow!

[LetTimmySmoke]

15. K&R!

This will make this weekend's pride so much sweeter. K&R for PFLAG.

[placton]

16. No thanks to Obama, btw n/t

[polichick]

17. Such happy news!!!

[justiceischeap]

19. I wish they'd stop using 'Gay Marriage'

and use marriage equality instead. I wish they'd use equality instead of 'gay rights'.

It's all in the framing of the debate and language is so important.

Thanks for posting this Tx4obama

[Tx4obama]

23. You're welcome. n/t

[24601]

20. It is so much better when it's enacted by the normal political

processes rather than imposed by a court. It goes a long way enabling acceptance by the general population.

[Snoutport]

22. YAY!!!! I was away from the computer and news and didn't see this until noon saturday!

I'm a bit behind but yayayayayayay!!!!

[ImNotTed]

27. 2016 or 2020?

[Tx4obama]

28. Alan Grayson 2016 and 2020. n/t