That's "E" for "equality," that is.
There are so many wonderful aspects to last night's vote in Albany, New York. (Including the fact that we get to post this picture again!) But because we cats are on the road and well behind on our reading, we suspect that a lot of them already have been said.
But we have to just pause a moment and savor the delicious fact that marriage equality in the Empire State was achieved by an initially reluctant Republican-controlled upper chamber and signed into law by a determined Governor who happens to be Catholic.
And yes, we've read a bit of the speculation that this sets Andrew Cuomo up as the Democratic Presidential front-runner in 2016. But what we're most gleeful about is that in the meantime, the New York law surely will roil the 2012 race — on the Republican side. Since it was a GOP-led state senate that pushed the marriage bill to Cuomo's desk, now everybody in their Presidential field will have to respond — not just pro-civil-union candidate Jon Huntsman or that other LDS guy, Mitt Romney. And with early caucus and primary states like Iowa and South Carolina looming, the 2012ers could easily descend into a slugfest over social instead of economic issues.
Yep, it's all pretty swell. But the thing that's really cranked up our PURRS are the quotes coming from the Republican state senators who just two years ago voted against marriage equality. "I cannot legally come up with an argument against same-sex marriage," said Mark Grisanti from Buffalo. "I cannot deny a person, a human being, a taxpayer, a worker, the people of my district and across this state...the same rights that I have with my wife."
Well spoken, sir.
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