The vote was 11 to 2 to bring marriage equality to our nation's capital. Somewhere Maggie Gallagher is plotting/plotzing. I hope Newt Gingrich's third marriage can withstand this assault. The fine print courtesy of the Washington Post:
Before the bill goes to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) for signing, it [...]
I've never heard anyone do a better job refuting the my-priest-is-gonna-be-forced-to-marry-the-homos argument. Right now churches can refuse to marry straight couples—couples waving marriage licenses—for any reason whatsoever. Marriage equality for same-sex couples will not oppress religious conservatives. Religious conservatives and officials will just have to do what they do now:' [...]
New York's state senate is debating a marriage equality bill right now. A vote is imminent. The other house of NY's legislature—the State Assembly—has passed a marriage equality bill three times (once again last night for emphasis), and NY's governor has pledged to sign the bill into law just as [...]
