New England, the shape of things to come

[pbray]

And yay for the State of Maine!

ETA: Good day for New England continues, as New Hampshire's legislature just passed a gay marriage bill. No word yet on whether their governor intends to sign it or veto it.

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Very much yay!

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Yay for Maine and New Hampshire!

I have not yet heard what is happening in New York. I know it's been introduced. Heard anything? Why has California not been shamed into repealing Prop 8 yet?

[pbray.livejournal.com]

New York looks dubious. The governor wants it, but he's deeply unpopular and it doesn't look like there's enough votes in the legislature to pass the bill. Sigh.

I believe the current battle in California is in the courts over whether Prop 8 was legal since it took away civil rights that had been previously granted.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Darn it... Is New York going to remain a waffle state? "We recognize as legal same-sex marriages that occurred in other places." Riiight.

Well, there should be! Why shouldn't Sulu be married?

[elven-wolf.livejournal.com]

YAY!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

As someone who grew up in New England, home of the "blue laws", it's nice to see how much things have changed. Makes me embarrassed to be living in New York where we can't get our act together.

[elven-wolf.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. I live in PA, where it's Philadelphia... Pittsburgh... and Kentucky in the middle. And I live in the middle. Luckily, Harrisburg seems to be where all of us 'deviants' huddle together for safety. LOL.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Ditto for upstate New York, where pockets of liberalism are surrounded by deeply entrenched conservatism.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Yup. I live where many of the hippies live. My town seems to be split right down the middle. It took ten years for the plan to turn a large vacant (lakefront) area into a park instead of condos to go through. There is still a little section of proto-condo, but it's been a foundation for two years, so...? Anyway, the votes were always split by a margin of five or six. And I mean, five or six individual votes, yes. But I know at least one self-defined conservative who favors same-sex marriage. Others, you can't even talk to. You open your mouth and say, "Income tax..." they talk over you. "Hospital visitation..." etc. The fact that they won't let you finish, to me, shows how weak they feel their own position is.