Richard Socarides:
No one anticipated it, but President Barack Obama used the occasion of his second Inaugural Address to give what was perhaps the most important gay-rights speech in American history…
Not only was this a call to end discrimination, but an unambiguous argument for the recognition of same-sex marriage across the country.
For more: http://nyr.kr/VMrdnU
“I never knew for sure,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said about whether he thought same-sex marriage would pass in the das leading up to the vote in the New York State Senate last year.
N.J. Governor Chris Christie sounds like he’s going to veto the same-sex marriage bill, if it passes the legislature, according to this statement, tweeted by Alex Silverman of WCBS Newsradio 880.
[Note: an earlier version suggested Christie may not oppose the legislation. Clearly, it’s the opposite. Another tweet by Silverman shows that Democrats are reminding their colleagues that not all civil rights issues are popular with the public. And more on the politics of the bill here.]
My picture of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, waiting to speak at a forum tonight in Manhattan about LGBT issues, hosted by State Senator Daniel Squadron of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
What do you think she’s thinking?
![N.J. Governor Chris Christie sounds like he’s going to veto the same-sex marriage bill, if it passes the legislature, according to this statement, tweeted by Alex Silverman of WCBS Newsradio 880.
[Note: an earlier version suggested Christie may not oppose the legislation. Clearly, it’s the opposite. Another tweet by Silverman shows that Democrats are reminding their colleagues that not all civil rights issues are popular with the public. And more on the politics of the bill here.]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lybckf4vXM1qdi57do1_500.jpg)
