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Marriage Equality Fails in New York State Senate, Take Action!

Invitation to Group

The list of State Senate votes cast for and against Marriage Equality is below.
The 38 New York State Senators who voted against Marriage Equality should all be voted out of office!

I invite you to join our group here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewYorkStateSenateShiftControlToDemocrat/

-Tommy News

From The Human Rights Campaign:

Dear Friend,

Today, the New York State Senate voted against marriage equality for same-sex couples. Today’s vote is a huge disappointment. It is a vote against equal treatment for all New York families.

The senators who voted against marriage equality today are clearly on the wrong side of history, but the history of marriage equality will not end with today’s vote. We will not stop fighting until every New York family has equal access to the protections and responsibilities of marriage.

Please scroll down to the bottom of this email to see how your New York State Senator voted. Then take a minute to call and express how you feel about the Senator’s vote on the marriage equality bill.

Your senator is: Sen. Owen Johnson (518) 455-3411 or (631) 669-9200

We want to thank our members and allies who worked tirelessly and continue to work tirelessly for equality. The impassioned speeches from the floor of the state senate today speak to the level of commitment we have from our allies in the senate to keep fighting.

This year, HRC put 16 field staff on the ground, from Rochester to Long Island, to coordinate grassroots lobbying and to organize volunteer teams across the state, collected 5,500 handwritten letters to state senators from fair-minded New Yorkers and made over 72,000 calls to New York voters asking them to support marriage equality.

And tomorrow, we’ll continue fighting alongside State Senator Tom Duane, Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, Governor David Paterson, as well as with our allies in the State Assembly to secure equality. Our work in New York and across the country is not yet done, and your continued support is critical to making sure that the rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are secured.

Thank you so much for your continuing the fight with us.

Sincerely,

Joe Solmonese
President, Human Rights Campaign

Scroll Down: The vote of each state senator is below. Please call your state senator to express your appreciation or disappointment for their vote on the marriage equality bill.
Eric Adams (D) — YES
Joseph Addabbo (D) — NO
James Alesi (R) — NO
Darrel Aubertine (D) — NO
John Bonacic (R) — NO
Neil Breslin (D) — YES
John DeFrancisco (R) — NO
Ruben Diaz (D) — NO
Martin Malave Dilan (D) — YES
Tom Duane (D) — YES
Pedro Espada (D) — YES
Hugh Farley (R) — NO
John Flanagan (R) — NO
Brian Foley (D) — YES
Charles Fuschillo, Jr. (R) — NO
Martin Golden (R) — NO
Joseph Griffo (R) — NO
Kemp Hannon (R) — NO
Ruth Hassell-Thompson (D) — YES
Shirley Huntley (D) — NO
Craig Johnson (D) — YES
Owen Johnson (R) — NO
Jeffrey Klein (D) — YES
Liz Krueger (D) — YES
Carl Kruger (D) — NO
Andrew Lanza (R) — NO
Bill Larkin (R) — NO
Kenneth LaValle (R) — NO
Vincent Leibell (R) — NO
Tom Libous (R) — NO
Elizabeth Little (R) — NO
Carl Marcellino (R) — NO
George Maziarz (R) — NO
Roy McDonald (R) — NO
Hiram Monserrate (D) — NO
Velmanette Montgomery (D) — YES
Thomas Morahan (R) — NO
Michael Nozzolio (R) — NO
George Onorato (D) — NO
Suzi Oppenheimer (D) — YES
Frank Padavan (R) — NO
Kevin Parker (D) — YES
Bill Perkins (D) — YES
Michael Ranzenhofer (R) — NO
Joseph Robach (R) — NO
Stephen Saland (R) — NO
John Sampson (D) — YES
Diane Savino (D) — YES
Eric Schneiderman (D) — YES
Jose Serrano (D) — YES
James Seward (R) — NO
Dean Skelos (R) — NO
Malcolm Smith (D) — YES
Daniel Squadron (D) — YES
William Stachowski (D) — NO
Toby Ann Stavisky (D) — YES
Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) — YES
Antoine Thompson (D) — YES
David Valesky (D) — YES
Dale Volker (R) — NO
George Winner (R) — NO
Catherine Young (R) — NO

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The NYS Senate will vote on the marriage bill today!

From The Empire State Pride Agenda:

We have just learned that the marriage bill will be brought to the floor of the New York State Senate for a debate and vote today.

Click here to watch the Senate proceedings live. For a list of regional TV stations showing the live feed, click here. We will also be providing updates throughout the debate on Twitter. In addition, if you live near Albany, you can head to the Capitol to watch the action in person in the Senate gallery.

Whether it’s online, on TV or in person, don’t miss this chance to witness this historic event!

http://www.nysenate.gov/media