PSA to New York state residents - Marriage Equality Act today!

[malsperanza]

Dear fellow New Yorkers, it looks like the Marriage Equality Act is going to a vote today in the state Senate. It may actually pass, though it will be close.

Right now, this minute, would be a good time to phone your senator's office and register your support, and then also send an email. This website will do all the work of looking up your sen's phone number and contact info and will send the message for you:

http://www.newyorkequality.com/

Even if your senator supports the act, let him or her know you think it's important -- at the state level, constituent phone calls are hugely potent.

New York has more clout than Maine. If NY can join Mass. we will see CT and other states follow. This is a national vote today; don't let it fail!

OK, /spammode. (And sorry to all you non NYers)

ETA: Fuck.

Not to mention the whole Afghanistan thing. Crap.

Comments

[malsperanza.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite ready to say we're as evil as that. The Assembly has passed a marriage equality act 3 times, and the Senate only said no on a split vote. It'll come before the Senate again, and will eventually pass. Not quite the same thing as a popular referendum in which the citizens outlaw any possibility of marriage equality and thereby deny the state any opportunity to write legislation.