Christine Quinn, the first gay person to lead the New York City Council, was asked earlier today about Tuesday's potential marriage equality vote in the New York State Senate. As she responded to the question, Quinn was "fighting back tears" and "struggled several times to control her emotions", reports the Daily News.
Said Speaker Quinn: "I obviously ... urge the members of the state Senate to vote for marriage equality. It's an incredibly important piece of legislation, and tomorrow is an incredibly important moment. If the bill is voted on and passed tomorrow, a week after a referendum .... passed in Maine that took rights away from the residents of Maine. Seven days after that the New York State Senate stands up and says all New York families are equal, what a message that sends about what we believe as a state."
Via JoeMyGod, watch WHEN YOU JUMP
You go, girl!!! I can't wait to hear the outcome of the vote-
Posted by: CC | 09 November 2009 at 18:40
Beautiful! I live in Albany, NY. I hope the NYS Senate does vote for equality. Gov. Patterson is very unpopular, but I seem to have more respect for him, than Pres. Obama.
Posted by: Youngmaid | 09 November 2009 at 19:56
Sorry, but Christine Quinn speaks with a forked tongue. She lied about term limits, saying that she would fight anyone who tried to change it and then turned right around and supported Bloomberg when he did just that. She lied about slush funds. She hid millions of taxpayer dollars by allocating grants to phantom organizations as a way of holding the funds to dole out political favors and reward those who were loyal to her. There's much more. Just Google her name along with the word "lies."
So forgive me if I don't give this lying cow a high five. She is a "paper tiger" to Albany and she knows it. Nothing she says will make the slightest dent in their decisions. To my eyes, this is nothing more than a political move to gain favor from her gay constituents whom she has betrayed several times over. IMO, everything she says and does is for the benefit of Christine Quinn and no one else. Here are the facts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXoANkQh93I
Draw your own conclusions.
Posted by: soulbrotha | 09 November 2009 at 22:10