NY Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage (via Christianity.Com – Blogs)
Monday, June 27, 2011 | 13:45 PM
Albert Mohler
Author, Speaker, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
The legal, social, moral, and political maps of America were redefined last Friday night as the New York State Senate voted 33-29 to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. The State Assembly had already approved the measure, leaving the Republican-controlled Senate the last battleground on the marriage issue. Shortly after the Senate approved the measure, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law. It will take effect in July, thirty days after the Governor’s signature was affixed.
It will be difficult to exaggerate the impact of New York’s move to legalize same-sex marriage. The statistics tell part of the story. New York State becomes the sixth state to recognize same-sex marriage, but its population is greater than that of the other five combined. When same-sex marriage is legal in New York next month, fully one in every nine Americans will live in a state or jurisdiction where same-sex marriage is legal. By any measure, this is a massive development in the nation’s legal and moral life.
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Sounds as if there are a number of NY Reps & Senators that either espouse one view to get elected or can’t stand the heat in the kitchen and go the way of least resistence.
LOL … You make a great point. Politicians ALWAYS take the path of least resistance. Thanks for your excellent contribution, Libby. Please come back again.