$ame-$ex Marriage Not About Equality
Tags: gay marriage, State Senate
The next time you are told by Senate Democrats in Albany that same-sex marriage is an issue of “equality,” you can say that is pure crap… and you’d be right. The New York Times reports that gay marriage might now have a shot in the stat… but the motivation is not equal rights… it’s about revenue for the state.
Senate Democrats, who have thus far refused to hold a vote to legalize same-sex marriage, have nonetheless floated the theory in negotiations that the state could expect to take in more than $50 million a year in new revenue from the legalization of same-sex marriage, from a combination of marriage license and tourism revenue.
If the equality claim wasn’t enough to get enough Democrats on board, will this justification work either? I doubt it. I think the voters want to see real solutions to budget problems, like capping spending, cutting waste, and the like. But, imposing gay marriage on the state by justifying as a budget fixer is bound not to sit well with the voters.
Matt Margolis is co-author (with Mark Noonan) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at Blogs For Victory. Follow Matt on Twitter.
And Republicans….oh they’ll vote no on it…for both reasons. So, maybe we should remove them from office as well. They had a few decades to fix Albany.
Just heard the State Senate voted “No” on same-sex marriage. THis doesn’t make any sense at all! We need to vote out all of the senators that have been there too long !