Even in CA the electorate has the right to vote, and they voted against same-sex “marriage,” so is NYS even MORE liberal than Caleefornia? It looks like NYers are slaves to the govt..
Even though he was unpopular, former Gov. Paterson also proposed a same-sex bill, and according to this NYTimes piece, it was rare:
“Gov. David A. Paterson introduced a bill on Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage, vowing to personally involve himself in the legislative debate at a level that is RARE (emphasis mine) for a chief executive in New York.”
snip http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/nyregion/17marriage.html?_r=1&hp
It seems the libDems push the law to the limit, while Republicans politely don’t even do what they are supposed to do.