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NY gov lobbying senators in gay marriage fight
ap ^ | 17 June | Gormley

Posted on 06/17/2011 6:28:00 AM PDT by flowerplough

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is lobbying individual senators in a quest to secure what appears to be one more vote needed to legalize gay marriage in New York and deliver a major win for the national effort.

The Democrat met with three Republican senators in his Capitol office Thursday and plans to meet with more on Friday, the day Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos predicted his house would bring the bill to a floor vote.

The quietly-called meetings come as talks drag on, leading the Senate's Democratic leader to say Republicans are more concerned with protecting their majority.

Some advocates thought a gay marriage law could be enacted as early as Tuesday.

"The meetings are ongoing," said Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto, putting no end date to the closed-door sessions.

"I'm still a `no,' I'm still talking to people, so I'll let that speak for itself," said Republican Sen. Andrew Lanza of Staten Island after leaving Cuomo's office Thursday night.

He said he continues to seek further protections for religious groups opposed to gay marriage so they can't be prosecuted for discrimination if they refuse to allow their property or services to be used during gay marriage ceremonies.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cuomo; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; libertarian; marriage; samesexmarriage
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To: wagglebee

Got it! Trisham? Keep a copy too, please? LOL! I bet you already did. Miss Efficient.


41 posted on 06/17/2011 12:40:34 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: trisham

ping!!! Oops.


42 posted on 06/17/2011 12:41:46 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: trisham; wagglebee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPD2_0Im2oA
Techno-ish version?


43 posted on 06/17/2011 12:47:31 PM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: TheOldLady

Got it! :)


44 posted on 06/17/2011 12:49:53 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Darksheare; wagglebee

Interesting. What do you think, wagglebee?


45 posted on 06/17/2011 12:52:28 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Darksheare; trisham; wagglebee

Uh... No comment. (Can’t say something nice...) LOL!


46 posted on 06/17/2011 12:58:31 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: trisham; Darksheare
I'm a purist, I will always prefer the original like I heard it the first time when I was ten.
47 posted on 06/17/2011 1:00:15 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee; flowerplough

George Washington: “there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it.”

John Adams: “Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States…. I have, through my whole life, held the practice of slavery in …abhorrence.”

Benjamin Franklin: “Slavery is …an atrocious debasement of human nature.”

James Madison: “We have seen the mere distinction of colour made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man.”

“It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honour
of the States, as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion,
loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people.
To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to
others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused.” —John Jay

“[Y]our late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with
a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble
proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit would diffuse
itself generally into the minds of the people of this country;
but I despair of seeing it.” —George Washington


48 posted on 06/17/2011 1:00:24 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: wagglebee; trisham

I’m always writing short stories and such, so I look for music that suits.
Sometimes the tune inspires the story, sometimes the story suggests the tune.


49 posted on 06/17/2011 1:03:05 PM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: little jeremiah; flowerplough

I think that flowerplough may have left the site after Jim Thompson told him/her what for.


50 posted on 06/17/2011 1:03:47 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: loboinok

Which founders?

The compromisers in the Constitutional Convention.


51 posted on 06/17/2011 1:04:10 PM PDT by flowerplough (Bammy: It frustrates me when people talk about govemrnment jobs as if somehow those are worth less.)
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To: flowerplough

Heck, let’s carry it further - sodomy and drugs should be mandatory! At what age, do you think?


52 posted on 06/17/2011 1:07:15 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: TheOldLady

Nope, it’s still here.


53 posted on 06/17/2011 1:08:04 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: little jeremiah; flowerplough

Yeah!
As low as imhumanely possible after all, they’re gonna do it anyway, right?
/ obviously sarc.

The pro-homo lobby doesn’t get it and never will.
And if you take it to the logical conclusion they shriek like banshees.


54 posted on 06/17/2011 1:09:23 PM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: little jeremiah

No, I mean voluntarily. Just left, not ZOTted. Hasn’t posted since Jim said “take your business elsewhere.”


55 posted on 06/17/2011 1:11:09 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: TheOldLady

Oh, sorry. He must have taken a nap or something. Do carry on.


56 posted on 06/17/2011 1:12:21 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: TheOldLady

Post 51.


57 posted on 06/17/2011 1:12:53 PM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: flowerplough; loboinok; little jeremiah; DJ MacWoW; trisham; TheOldLady; Darksheare; metmom; ...
Which founders?

The compromisers in the Constitutional Convention.

Once more are you equating homosexual "marriage" to the abolition of slavery? YES or NO.

58 posted on 06/17/2011 1:23:31 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee; flowerplough

Many who push for homomarriage see it as a civil rights issue, as if being homosexual is a race, a religion, or a creed.
For it to be a creed, they would have to admit that it is a choice.
For it to be a race or a religion there’d have to be some way for them to prove it in some fashion.

So they instead attempt to knock or discredit the Founders.


59 posted on 06/17/2011 1:29:35 PM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: flowerplough

It was ALL based on compromises... I asked for names.


60 posted on 06/17/2011 1:31:18 PM PDT by loboinok (Gun control is hitting what you aim at!)
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