NYers celebrate historic vote for gay marriage

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Breitbart:

NEW YORK (AP) - Champagne corks popped, rainbow flags flapped and crowds embraced and danced in the streets of Manhattan's West Village on Friday night moments after the New York Senate gave final approval to same-sex marriage, igniting wild celebrations at the Stonewall Inn, considered the birthplace of the gay rights movement.

Hundreds gathered inside and outside the landmark bar, where protests over a 1969 police raid helped trigger the movement. Shortly before midnight, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill to make gay marriage legal in the country's most populous state.

Scott Redstone and his partner of 29 years, Steven Knittweis, were in the bar when the vote came in. Redstone, 57, said he and his 48-year-old partner hugged after the vote came in. "I said, `Will you marry me?' And he said, `Of course!'" He said they walked home and popped open a bottle of champagne.

Alex Kelston, 26, who works in finance in Manhattan, said he hopped in a cab and rushed to the bar when he heard the news.

"This is the place where the movement started and it's a way to close the loop and celebrate the full equality of gay people in New York," he said.

On June 28, 1969, violent encounters between police and gay activists outside the bar known as the Stonewall riots helped spark the modern-day movement for equal rights for homosexuals.

Queens teacher Eugene Lovendusky said he was "spellbound" and "exhausted" by the outcome of Friday's vote. The 26-year-old said he's proud the Senate "finally stood on the right side of history."

Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the vote "a historic triumph for equality and freedom."
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As someone who really doesn't care what grown adults want to do with each other, I say this is actually a win for conservatism because it happened at the state level. If people don't like the outcome, they can vote against it in subsequent elections.

[Sabre86]

Just wait until this is used to arrest and persecute Christians.

 

And if you don't think that day is coming, think again. The queer activists are already planning their next move which is to sue churches and religious institutions who refuse to "marry" them.

 

This will also be used by the Supreme Court to force it on the entire nation in a 5-4 vote.

[Argyle58]

6,000 plus years of common law and tradition down the tubes.

[Saltbag]

I don't agree with it, but I'm all for states rights. Let them continue to dig their own grave. The catch is I don't agree with states rights when my tax dollars in Virginia go to people in New York via the Feds to support another facet of their insanity.

 

Not working as intended.

[NCJim]

this will come back and bite them in the ass...only problem they might like it