By: frisco415

frisco415 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:43:16 +0000

YAAAAY!!!!!!!!!I was in New York all weekend for Gay Pride. The atmosphere was so surreal and crazy. Loving you NY for recognizing equality for everybody!!

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:38:42 +0000

NYTimes: "A Democratic Surprise"Nobody ever expected Carl Kruger to vote yes. Democrat from Brooklyn, known for his gruff style and shifting alliances, Senator Kruger voted against same-sex marriage two years ago, was seen as a pariah in his party and was accused in March of taking $1 million in bribes in return for political favors.Some gay activists, assuming he was a lost cause, had taken to picketing outside of his house and screaming that he was gay — an approach that seemed only to harden his opposition to their agenda. (Mr. Kruger has said he is not gay.) But unbeknown to all but a few people, Mr. Kruger desperately wanted to change his vote. The issue, it turned out, was tearing apart his household.The gay nephew of the woman he lives with, Dorothy Turano, was so furious at Mr. Kruger for opposing same-sex marriage two years ago that he had cut off contact with both of them, devastating Ms. Turano. “I don’t need this,” Mr. Kruger told Senator John L. Sampson of Brooklyn, the Democratic majority leader. “It has gotten personal now.”Mr. Sampson, a longtime supporter of same-sex marriage, advised Mr. Kruger to focus on the nephew, not the political repercussions. “When everything else is gone,” Mr. Sampson told him, “all you have left is family.” [….]Full story: "Behind N.Y. Gay Marriage an Unlikely Mix of Forces"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/nyregion/the-ro…H/T: Ta-Nehisis Coates @ The AtlanticTa-Nehisi Coates: "Democracy and Gay Marriage"http://www.theatlantic.com/ta-nehisi-coates/

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