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Gov. Andrew Cuomo On Same-Sex Marriage: “New York Is A Beacon Of Social Justice”

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Shortly after the New York State Legislature passed a bill legalizing civil marriages for same-sex couples, the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo took the podium in Albany to address the state’s residents on the historic vote. “We reached a new level of social justice this evening,” Gov. Cuomo told listeners, concluding that the vote, and the legislative session tonight in general, made him “especially proud to be a New Yorker tonight.”

After taking a moment to applaud the legislative leaders that stayed overtime tonight to pass the law, the governor addressed the progress that the bills passed tonight would mean for the state. “These past 6 months,” he noted, “we didn’t work like we were Democrats and Republicans, we realized we were New Yorkers first.” He then turned to the people of New York, thanking them for being involved in the process: “democracy works when the people speak, and the people spoke in volumes.” While he was thankful for the passing of every bill on the docket, he noted that the Marriage Equality Act “brings it all home,” and was in sync with the history of the state.

“This state, when its at is finest, is a beacon of social justice,” he declared, stating that “the legacy is that we are the progressive capital of this nation,” and that “the other states look to New York for the progressive direction.” With that responsibility, “New York made a powerful statement,” he continued, not just for New Yorkers but for Americans: “We want equality in our love, in our families, we want full recognition and we did it today.”

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  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    New York is a beacon of stupidity.

  • AmericaSucks

    gordonbloyershow said:
    New York is a beacon of stupidity.

    My god you’re a waste of space.

    And I’m amazed that anyone sporting your pornstache could *possibly* be anti-gay.

  • Laddy Go-Rod

    Marry your cat?

    Vote Democrat.

    =

    Sex with your horse?

    Then it’s Democrat, of course.

    =

    Intercourse with your sister?

    Then it’s Democrat for you, mister.

    =

    When Democrats rule

    There is no bottom to the pool.

  • catfishjuggling show

    Dear New York: It got better.

    Thank you.

  • Greg

    gordonbloyershow said:
    New York is a beacon of stupidity.

    And Portage Indiana is a beacon of witty retort, ruled by the strong and handsome Prince Gordon. Just kidding, you are lead paint chips in the cereal dumb. I report that only for the future machine that will someday aggregate all Internet data and compose the record of our present time… Not sure if the algorithms will have the capacity to discern irony.

  • WillP

    I would like to marry my boyfriend, Christopher, one day. We buy each other chocolate on Valentine’s Day. We surprise each other with flowers at work. We go on camping trips in the mountains together. We cuddle together and watch romantic movies together in bed at night. We love and care for each other as much as any two heterosexual lovers. Hopefully, same sex marriage will be legal across the entire country at some point in the future. That would be a dream come true for both of us.

  • LOGICandREASON

    Progressive,Progressive,Progressive,Progressive,Progressive

    Can we hear something else?

  • BatBoy

    “New York Is A Beacon Of Social Justice”

    New York is a living example of what is wrong in our country!

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    AmericaSucks said:
    My god you’re a waste of space. And I’m amazed that anyone sporting your pornstache could *possibly* be anti-gay.

    When you quit hiding behind that phony ignorant name someone might pay attention to your mental illness.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    So the concept of pre-determined, pre-destined, immutable, static and/or inculcated PERSONALITY IDENTITY is alive and well in Liberal-Land!

    HOW QUAINT & DEVOLVED!

    Progressive? – Not in the zeitgeist of Evolved Thinking.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    gordonbloyershow said:
    When you quit hiding behind that phony ignorant name someone might pay attention to your mental illness.

    Hey Gordon, even you must have had a little chuckle over the pornstache line!

  • mtjade4

    Good job New York! Congratulations!

  • timzank

    Cuomo: “New York Is A Beacon Of Social Justice”

    Reality: “New York is a cesspool”.

  • BatBoy

    timzank said:
    Cuomo: “New York Is A Beacon Of Social Justice” Reality: “New York is a cesspool”.

    Exactly….

    New York was a Cesspool before this legislation and will continue to be a cesspool after.

    Every New Yorker who I have EVER spoken with who has moved out of there would never go back, citing similar things to being a cesspool et al.

  • TangledThorns

    NY and CA, worst States in the Union and we have another example why.

  • A man without a Country

    Using the Cap Locks doesn’t add any creditability to your statement.

    Hey Medi-ite, why do you continue to let these people to comment ?
    Do you get off on the stupidity and bigotry?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    Hey Gordon, even you must have had a little chuckle over the pornstache line!

    It is interesting that he would notice what the “men” in porn movies look like. Might be a hint why he supports gay marriage.

  • BatBoy

    A man without a Country said:
    Hey Medi-ite, why do you continue to let these people to comment ?
    Do you get off on the stupidity and bigotry?

    If Mediaite eliminated “stupid and bigoted” comments then the Progressives would not be represented.

    Give them a break…it is still a free country afterall.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Danny-Ross/100002149217620 Danny Ross

    From the expression on his face Andrew needs to be checked to see if there is an alien attached to his spinal column, and if there is not, then tested for drugs. He really looks spaced out.

  • timzank

    State sanctioned and sponsored sodomy. Fabulous.

  • AmericaSucks

    gordonbloyershow said:
    When you quit hiding behind that phony ignorant name someone might pay attention to your mental illness.

    Are you STILL on here, trying desperately to get some attention, you sad, sad, little man?

    Go shave that pornstache off your mug, Gordo.

  • murf

    Danny Ross said:
    From the expression on his face Andrew needs to be checked to see if there is an alien attached to his spinal column, and if there is not, then tested for drugs. He really looks spaced out.

    I thought he looked coked up .

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Will one of the Progressives here please define “social justice?”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hicks/595335984 Richard Hicks

    It’s a fabbbulous celebration of anal and oral sex! Yippeee!

  • bubbbbba

    Wow. Looks like the Teabaggers finally got equal rights.

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    Nice job, Gov! Congrats NY!

    And now, hopefully, we can focus on more important issues.

  • brownsound

    social justice: awarding a group of people “rights” or “funding” based on that group’s “victim” status regardless of whether they’ve earned or deserve said benefit. Said benefit, rights or funding will then be corrupted and defrauded to the hilt. Ex: Pigford suit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Danny-Ross/100002149217620 Danny Ross

    One flower does not a Spring make. NYC is a cesspool of corruption, coercion and cronyism.

  • CAconservative

    New York is a Beacon alright. Ranks right up there with San Francisco. What we’ve learned from this is, Gay’s didn’t want equal Civil Rights, they wanted “SPECIAL RIGHTS”! And as long as you can muster a special interest voting block big enough to get the politician to “BEND-OVER” , you can get just about anything you want.
    Now, if only we could get the sheep-herders to unite… no telling what they could accomplish!

  • TeaPartyNation

    The certified members of the lunatic-left d-cRAT socialist club of morally, ethically, socially, politically AND fiscally bankrupt states: new york, california, massachusetts and illinois (with CT, WA, RI, DE, VT, HI, MD, NC, OR as charter members) are blindly careening down the lunatic-left “Road to Hell”.

    P.S. Don’t want to go to lunatic-left hell? Then stop acting like imbeciles, throw out all the TAX-AND-SPEND d-cRAT socialists and instead elect responsible, conservative, Tea Party-backed American patriots.

  • da-wdc

    Great work, Governor. I love New York.

  • emancipate yourself from mental slavery

    so now the next step is advocating………..same-sex divorce?

    I’m so sorry that same-sex couples feel the need to have a piece of paper from a government to validate their relationship(s).

  • Cancon2

    Hey Gov, you are state, that is all, 1 state, not the beacon of the world. What an ego on this guy. No matter what side it comes from this type of rhetoric is just cringe worthy. No wonder “some” people believe the US should suck it once in a while. What oher places look to NY? Certainly no country I am aware of or travel to have I ever heard such a thing. Frankly, I think most people just don’t give a Sh#t and are probably glad that they are not working as a maid in hotel there..

  • edisciple

    Beacon of liberalism & progressives, more like!

  • purveyor

    “Beacon of social justice” is a facet in the continuing demise of our Nation.

    We are “redistributive justicing” ourselves, right under the tank treads of our enemies.

    Some, in fact, many Americans can fight back against our enemies. But for those of you who helped to get us in this mess, by way of a political treason, the pugilistically inept, don’t come to me for help and safety.

  • purveyor

    bubbbbba said:
    Wow. Looks like the Teabaggers finally got equal rights.

    Whats your point?

  • Rokker

    Watch out!!

    Sarah Palin will hurl thunderbolts at New Yorkers from the top of Mount Wingnut.

  • Zakk

    Am I the only cynic here that thinks this could all be due to the fact that people are moving out of NYC because they have such an awful tax structure and that this could be an extreme incentive to get people to move into the city?

    I’m all for gay marriage! I really don’t think that two gay people being married in any way makes my marriage any less valid. If two people are in love and the want to get married, freakin go for it!

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  • namseer

    To be honest, the only people taking it up the a** due to the passage of marriage equality in NY are the disgusting, right-wing, Anti-American, delusional crazies! The passage of this law is going to feel like just a tingle in their behinds compared to the reaming the Republicans will be taking in November ’12. Republicans have shown themselves as the anti-middle class, anti-jobs, pro tax cuts for the rich, racist, anti-immigrant, corporate shills that they are. Why, they are going to take it so fast and hard on Nov. 6, 2012, they won’t even be able to walk on Nov. 7!

  • catfishjuggling show

    emancipate yourself from mental slavery said:
    so now the next step is advocating………..same-sex divorce? I’m so sorry that same-sex couples feel the need to have a piece of paper from a government to validate their relationship(s).

    I’m sorry that heterosexuals feel the need to have a piece of paper from the government to validate their relationship(s).

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    AmericaSucks said:
    Are you STILL on here, trying desperately to get some attention, you sad, sad, little man? Go shave that pornstache off your mug, Gordo.

    I am not the one afraid to use my photo. I am not the one afraid to use my name. I am not the one attacking this country with a ignorant name like “America Sucks”. Just what are you afraid of fool? Are you afraid someone might kick your ass if you say that to a vets face? Have you been a lying coward all your life? Did some Marine drag your butt through the street when you burning a flag?
    You are not fooling anyone here with your hate America rants. Now get back to work they need fries to go.

  • catfishjuggling show

    gordonbloyershow said:
    You are not fooling anyone here with your hate America rants. Now get back to work they need fries to go.

    You would know what to do to keep a restaurant in business? Really? How’d your Portage burrito shack do?

  • http://none pyrope

    Cuomo is part of the problem.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    catfishjuggling show said:
    You would know what to do to keep a restaurant in business? Really? How’d your Portage burrito shack do?

    Do you know how to cook catfish?

  • tegeagent007

    I always have and always will hold that marriage is something sacred between a man and a woman. There is a reason why men have penises and women have vaginas that line up perfectly. The penis was never meant to pound the poop schute. We may have the rest of the country legalize gay marriage, but it will never change my mind.

  • MBW

    CAconservative said:
    New York is a Beacon alright. Ranks right up there with San Francisco. What we’ve learned from this is, Gay’s didn’t want equal Civil Rights, they wanted “SPECIAL RIGHTS”! And as long as you can muster a special interest voting block big enough to get the politician to “BEND-OVER” , you can get just about anything you want.
    Now, if only we could get the sheep-herders to unite… no telling what they could accomplish!

    It’s not a “special right” when you’re finally allowed to do the same thing that everyone else can already do.

  • MBW

    tegeagent007 said:
    I always have and always will hold that marriage is something sacred between a man and a woman. There is a reason why men have penises and women have vaginas that line up perfectly. The penis was never meant to pound the poop schute. We may have the rest of the country legalize gay marriage, but it will never change my mind.

    Tell that to the straight couples who engage in anal sex. Or tell that to the straight couples who choose not to have kids.

  • MBW

    TangledThorns said:
    NY and CA, worst States in the Union and we have another example why.

    Say what you will….a hell of a lot of people choose to live there. How come we don’t see a mad rush of people to Kansas or Mississippi??

  • MBW

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    Will one of the Progressives here please define “social justice?”

    Social Justice = standing up for equality for EVERYONE

  • purveyor

    MBW said:
    Social Justice = standing up for equality for EVERYONE

    I am chuckling. I assume, you are joking?

    “Social Justice” is “Orwellian” “doublespeak.”

    Like saying: “Socialism” elevates the individual, Personal liberty, is slavery.

  • MBW

    purveyor said:
    I am chuckling. I assume, you are joking?

    “Social Justice” is “Orwellian” “doublespeak.”

    Like saying: “Socialism” elevates the individual, Personal liberty, is slavery.

    You’ve offered your definition, I’ve offered mine. Clearly you think standing up for equality rights for those who have been marginalized is “socialist”. I call it “American”….that’s what our country was founded on.

    Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness. The American dream isn’t realized until everyone in this country has access to that.

  • MBW

    purveyor said:
    I am chuckling. I assume, you are joking?

    “Social Justice” is “Orwellian” “doublespeak.”

    Like saying: “Socialism” elevates the individual, Personal liberty, is slavery.

    Sure you can define it that way….if you listen to Glenn Beck.

  • catfishjuggling show

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Do you know how to cook catfish?

    Yep. Why? You plan on trying to get your burrito place right this time? If so, word of advice: Let someone else do the books this time.

  • catfishjuggling show

    For those of you new to the fun here, a little backstory on Gordon.

    Gordon is a beloved talk show host. Based from his operations bunker, high atop the beacon that is Portage, Indiana, Gordon broadcasts to 0 cities everywhere and can be heard in no major, minor, or Boston Markets anyway. I remember listening to Gordon growing up as a kid in Orem, UT. The man was legend. He had a signature segment where callers would dial-in and for like HOURS he would berate them for using phony names. Man, I would be in stitches laughing it at it. It was just wonderful.

    Gordon also is known for using the morning zoo format on his radio show. And by zoo, I mean he lives in a house with 37 cats and years of their piled up waste.. He was recently featured in an uplifting episode of “Animal Hoarders” that was the feel-good hit of this season.

    He also once ran (into the ground, in fact) a little Mexican joint. But that is for our Entrepreneur of the Year segment, coming soon.

    Everyone, a round of applause for this national treasure.

  • purveyor

    MBW said:
    Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness. The American dream isn’t realized until everyone in this country has access to that.

    MBW,
    “Equal opportunity” in the American experience and Polity, as desired by Socialist-Democrats, is “equality of outcome,” NOT,”equality, of opportunity.” That is the fundamental, philosophical difference between Conservatives and Socialists.

    A Nation that seeks to impose equality of outcome is Socialist, by definition. Immigrants from around the world come to America expecting to given an “opportunity,” NOT an “outcome.”

    (Note: “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, was originally, ‘liberty and property.” Gives a different perspective on the Founders considerations?)

    I sense a respectful sensitivity and earnest honesty in you. Hence I apologize for any appearance of agression, so to speak. Please consider my assertion and logic.

    PURVEYOR OF RHETORIC

  • X-3

    MBW said:
    Social Justice = standing up for equality for EVERYONE

    How about “individual justice?”

    “Gov. Andrew Cuomo On Same-Sex Marriage: ‘New York Is A Beacon Of Social Justice’”

    New York is lost. California is lost. Illinois is lost. Vermont is lost. That’s why I’m reminded of what that Great American, Davy Crockett said to Congress in 1834: “You can go to hell, I’m going to Texas.”

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