Comments on: The Daily Agenda for Friday, June 24

By: Mark F.

Mark F. — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:58:00 +0000

Well Ryan, I hope you are right. I think patience is a virtue now.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:36:01 +0000

@Mark F,

The difference now is several Dems are out of office that voted against marriage equality last time, and the ones who are still left have switched, (except for Diaz) plus there are probably several Republicans who would vote for it, too. It’s pretty clear that with Bloomberg behind it, it will pass, which is why the Repubs aren’t going to allow a vote.

By: Mark F.

Mark F. — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:22:15 +0000

“We’ve got to take back the Senate in 2012 and try again then.”

Yeah, that will guarantee success, just like all of the other times the Democrats had control of things!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:59:17 +0000

It’s definitely looking like we were snowed by the Repubs. We’ve got to take back the Senate in 2012 and try again then.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:24:08 +0000

I find it deeply saddening to see the New York senators willing to show themselves as vulnerable to pressure from opponents of marriage equality. I hate to think about the celebration of the “triumph of family values” that will be shouted from the organizations that spent so much money and time stirring up hate and fear.

Edmund Burke said it perfectly: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”…way to go, “good men” (and women) of New York.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:27:44 +0000

I’m now sure there won’t be a vote. As I stated before, that’s the only way the Republicans win. Perhaps a short-term win, but a win nonetheless.

I still hope I’m wrong.

By: Amicus

Amicus — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:47:05 +0000

Greg Ball is out of it. He released a stmt yesterday.

Turns out either he is an outright coward or knows that this will pass without him, so he’s ducking.

What did he say?

in sum: Now that the final text of the bill is out, I can say I worked for “religious protections”, but it doesn’t include all the ones that I wanted.

What does he want?

If you guessed that, of course, he and his office don’t/won’t say, you would be right.