New York State Democrats support resolution favoring gay marriages

Here's a bit of progress! The New York State Democrats are supporting a resolution favoring gay marriage. Yeah, that's right next door to me!! Come one Connecticut, you can do it!! I promise, when I get married I'll pay just as many state taxes as I do now.

New York State Democrats unanimously backed a resolution advocating marriage between gay couples Monday, becoming the first state party in the nation to support the idea following the Supreme Court's legalization of homosexual activity earlier this year.

Meeting in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo, Democrats from around the state strongly declared that the rights afforded traditional married couples should be extended to gays and lesbians and that civil marriages identical to those recently approved in Ontario be instituted in New York.

"We wanted to make sure we would be in the forefront of the fight for civil marriage," State Democratic Chairman Herman D. Farrell said after the meeting. "We're proud to say that as a party we have always been moving forward in the gay community."

It will be interesting to see if they stay the course. In a related story, the Republicans have come out with a scathing article against the Democrat's resolution.