New York state approves gay marriage

[Gerald]

Supporters of same-sex marriages in New York celebrated after the vote!

New York has become the sixth and most populous US state to allow same-sex marriage.

The Republican-controlled state senate voted 33-29 for a bill that had earlier been approved by the lower house, which has a Democratic majority.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo quickly signed the bill into law. Gay weddings are expected to start within 30 days.

It has become a contentious social issue ahead of next year's presidential and congressional elections.

"New York has finally torn down the barrier that prevented same-sex couples from exercising the freedom to marry and from receiving the fundamental protections that so many couples and families take for granted," Mr Cuomo said in a statement.

He kept his promise to sign the bill as soon as he received it after the Senate vote - rather than wait the usual 10 days.

Gay rights activists said the approval of the bill was a key victory for them, in what is seen as the birthplace of the US gay rights movement.

"It's about time. I want to get married. I want the same rights as anyone else," 36-year-old student Caroline Jaeger told Reuters news agency.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13914013


Note: 25 June 2011 Last updated at 06:20 GMT

It's a sick world we live in, and it's getting sicker.

[Morts]

whats so wrong with gay marriage snestorm ? afraid they're gonna "infect" you ?

Marriage is between a man and a woman.

It's a sick world we live in, and it's getting sicker.

That is true, after the horrors of the 30s and 40s you would have thought no one could be sick enough to still be a nazi.
White power for the master race

isn't it amazing that the nazi party had such gay uniforms, perhaps Snestorms objections are just stifling his screams from the closet

whats so wrong with gay marriage snestorm ? afraid they're gonna "infect" you ?

No thats the people with too much pigmentation, gays are just an abomination.

[Betonov]

...36-year-old student...

I thought I was slow at graduating


Good luck to the New Yorkers, marriage can be grueling Perhaps alowing the gays to marry is a punishment to them.

Marriage is between a man and a woman.

Where does it says that. The bible, the quran... pack of BS printed on toilet paper. The ancient greek were a hell lot more relaxed when it came to gays. Right, marriage then was only between a man and a woman because marriage was a baby producing procces, not a ceremony to show love and devotion between two people. After the marriage guys had it on with guys. The church would say they were sick. Now lets see, the Greek civilization and their cultural and scientific progress we admire today, or the hate filled, witch burning, disease ridden medieval times when the church rulled Europe. Now that was sick.
And let them have children. The social engineering and the child pyschologists would ******* them up so there would be no difference from the children of straight people.

My advice, meet some gays. Women are drawn to gays like moths to a light. All you need to do is scoop them up. And finaly get laid and stop thinking about how the world is sick because it's diverse with people that love different things than the average population.